National Council of Women of Great Britain

The National Council of Women exists to co-ordinate the voluntary efforts of women across Great Britain.[1] Founded as the National Union of Women Workers, it said that it would "promote sympathy of thought and purpose among the women of Great Britain and Ireland".[2]

History

It was founded in 1895. It changed its name to the National Council of Women of Great Britain & Ireland in 1918. In 1928 it changed its name to the National Council of Women of Great Britain.[3]

Its early archives are held in the London Metropolitan University: Trades Union Congress Library Collections.

Pearl Adam wrote the History of the National Council of Women of Great Britain in 1945.

Notable members

Presidents
1895: Louise Creighton[4]
1897: Mrs Alfred Booth
1899:
1900: Mrs Arthur Lyttelton[5]
1901: Mrs Arthur Lyttelton[6]
1902: Constance de Rothschild
1903: Mary Clifford[4]
1905: Elizabeth Cadbury[4]
1907: Mrs Edwin Gray[4]
1909:
1910: Laura Ridding[4]
1911: Mrs Alan Bright[4]
1913:
1916: Maria Ogilvie Gordon[4]
1920: Maud Palmer, Countess of Selborne[4]
1921: Frances Balfour[4]
1923: Mrs George Morgan[4]
1925: Henrietta Franklin[4]
1928: Florence Ada Keynes[4]
1931: Lady Trustram Eve[4]
1933: Eva Hartree[4]
1937: Ruth Balfour[4]
1938: A. F. Johnston[4]
1940: E. Wilhelmina Ness[4]
1941: Home Peel[4]
1943: E. Wilhelmina Ness[4]
1945:
1953: Kathleen Freeman[4]
1955: Mrs Stanley Moffat[4]
1957: Eva Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading[4]
1959: Joan Robins[4]
1962: Norah Dean[4]
1964: Kathleen Baxter[4]
1966: Joan Boulind[4]
1968: Guinevere Tilney
1970:
1972: Margaret Lampard[4]
1974: Kay Fox[4]
1976: Helen Waldsax[4]
1978: Diane Reid[4]
1980: Margaret Wingfield[4]
1984: Mary Mayne[4]
1986: Evelyn Fairfax Martin[4]
1988: Rosalind Preston[4]
1990: Elizabeth Bavidge[4]
1992: Patience Purdy[4]
1994: Jean Clark[4]
1996:
2008: Sheila Eaton[7]
2012: Elsie Leadley[7]
2014: Gwenda Nicholas[8]
2017: Andrena Telford[8]

Other members

Eminent members have included:

References
  1. Serena Kelly, ‘Ridding , Lady Laura Elizabeth (1849–1939)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 22 Nov 2017
  2. Ridding, Laura. "Socities [sic] Which Help Women And Children. No. 1. The National Union Of Woman Workers". chestofbooks.com. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. "National Union of Women Workers of Great Britain and Ireland". Archives Hub. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. Glick, Daphne (1995). The National Council of Women of Great Britain: the first one hundred years. National Council of Women of Great Britain. ISBN 978-0900915079.
  5. NUWW Annual Reports 1899-1901 TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University GB1924 HD6079
  6. NUWW Annual Reports 1899-1901 TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University GB1924 HD6079
  7. "NCW News" (PDF). National Council of Women. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  8. "NCW elects a new president". National Council of Women. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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