Feminist correspondence, March 1941-June 1946

Containers:

Box 10

Component identifier:

File 3

Content Summary:

Papers include : correspondence of the United Associations of Women; correspondence and reports relating to the Child Care Conference, 1994; correspondence of the Council for Women in War Work. Correspondence with various organsations and individuals about issues including equal pay for women, the employment of women in industry, the eligibility of women for jury service, child care, sexually transmitted disease.

Correspondents include: Eleanor Roosevelt, Edith How-Martyn, A.P Elkin, Monica Whatley

Immediate source of acquisition:

Jessie Street's husband, Sir Kenneth Street, donated the papers to the National Library in 1970. Her son, Sir Laurence Street, made a substantial addition in 1972. Further small additions were made to the collection between 1973 and 2001.

Subjects:

Women's rights

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