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Queer classified adverts and love letters in the 1920s
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Series
War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry: Reports and Papers
Catalogue reference: LAB 5
What's it about?
LAB 5
Verbatim reports of meetings of the War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry and its Physiological Sub-Committee. The series includes the final report with appendices of the committee, and documents exhibited in support of oral evidence given...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LAB 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry: Reports and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1917-1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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Verbatim reports of meetings of the War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry and its Physiological Sub-Committee. The series includes the final report with appendices of the committee, and documents exhibited in support of oral evidence given by witnesses examined.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Related material may be found among the statistical returns in LAB 85
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- War Cabinet, Committee on Women in Industry, 1918-1919
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 files and volumes
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Sex and gender
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10120/
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