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TitleNational Council of Women, Cambridge Branch
DescriptionRecords of the Cambridge Branch of the National Council of Women (formerly the National Union of Women Workers) and kindred societies; Cambridge Ladies' Discussion Society; the Housing Association and the Cambridge Association for Women Suffrage. The first conference representing the many women's movements which had grown up during the latter part of the 19th Century was held at Nottingham in 1895. They formed themselves into the National Union of Women Workers to represent the increasing number of women entering the professions. In 1898 it federated with the International Council of Women (I.C.W.) and both forms of title were used until 1918 when the association became known as the National Council of Women (N.C.W.). Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, the founder of Newnham College, and Vice President of the I.C.W. was a founder member of the Cambridge Branch. Mrs. Florence Ada Keynes became its first Chairman.
Date1911-1972
CreatorNameNational Council of Women, Cambridge Branch
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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