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Series
Women's National Commission: Secretariat Records: WNC File Series
Catalogue reference: LH 1
What's it about?
LH 1
This series consists of files dealing with drawing up of a constitution for the Women's National Commission, including arrangements for nominations and elections to it.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LH 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Women's National Commission: Secretariat Records: WNC File Series
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Date (When the record was created)
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1962-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files dealing with drawing up of a constitution for the Women's National Commission, including arrangements for nominations and elections to it.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Former file reference number order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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WNC
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Cabinet Office, 1916-1916
- Women's National Commission, 1969-2010
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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22 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2003 Cabinet Office
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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
- Democracy
- Sex and gender
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is not accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The formation of the Commission was announced in July 1969 and it was launched in the October, co-chaired by the Paymaster General and the Commission President. The Cabinet Office provided the secretariat, until 1992.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15826/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
44 records
Within the department: LH
Records created or inherited by the Women's National Commission
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Women's National Commission: Secretariat Records: WNC File Series
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