Guide to the Collections held by the Fawcett Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1858-1972

Summary

Collection number:

M2291 - M2314

Creator:

Fawcett Library

Extent:

170 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the London School of Economics and Political Science and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy. Example: M Series: Cannan to S Evans, 12 December 1920, London School of Economics and Political Science. (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1080498921)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Records 1882-1919 of British Women's Emigration Association.

Records 1919-51 of Women's Migration and Overseas Appointment Society.

Papers 1942-53 of feminist Teresa Billington-Greig. Subjects include: internment of Adela Pankhurst Walsh; federalism in Australia; and growth of Queensland Women's Electoral League.

Papers 1885-1902 of Josephine Butler. Subjects include Contagious Diseases Acts, Women and Girls' Protection Ordinance, and Women's Christian Temperance Union.

Papers 1937-54 of Dame Kathleen Courtney, founder of Women's International League. Subjects include: Young Women's Christian Association; Australian League of Nations Union; Courtney's visit to Australia and New Zealand in 1938; and Pan-Pacific Women's Association.

Papers 1902-19 of Australian feminist Vida Goldstein. Includes: manuscript of a lecture by Goldstein on her visit to United States in 1902; cutting book 1903 relating to Goldstein's campaign in Victoria and women candidates in general; Australian representation at the International Women's Suffrage Conference at Amsterdam; Women's Suffrage Bill in Victoria; 1919 Peace Treaty; and British and European politics.

Papers 1872-1951 of Edith How-Martyn, Chairman of Suffrage Fellowship. Subjects include: Australian women at war; women candidates in 1943 Australian federal election; Women for Canberra Movement; and women's issues in New Zealand.

Research papers 1958-60 of Norman Mackenzie, assembled while writing his book Women in Australia.

Papers 1928-53 of writer and preacher Agnes Maude Royden, including letters of Catherine King.

Autograph collection 1906-58 relating to female suffrage, emancipation and women's movement in Australia and New Zealand.

Biographical / Historical:

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929) joined the London Suffrage Committee in 1867 and began to write articles on politics, economics and women's issues. From 1890-1919 she was President of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. In 1919 the London Society for Women's Suffrage changed its name to the London and National Society for Women's Service. In 1926 the Society established the Women's Service Library which gradually built up a collection of books, periodicals, ephemera, manuscripts, photographs, posters and cartoons relating to most aspects of women's place in society. In 1953 the Society changed its name to the Fawcett Society in honour of Millicent Fawcett. By 1977 it could no longer support the Library and it was transferred to the City of London Polytechnic.

Related

Existence and Location of Originals:

The Women's Library. (Formerly the Fawcett Library), London School of Economics and Political Science, London. For further information see The Women's Library at the London School of Economics (https://archives.lse.ac.uk/).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the London School of Economics and Political Science and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy. Example: M Series: Cannan to S Evans, 12 December 1920, London School of Economics and Political Science. (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1080498921)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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