'Women in Search of Justice', 1941 (pg. 2)
1941 1939-1945 "'Women in Search of Justice', 1941 (pg. 2)" [HFR0044b], 1941 This extract from Dorothy Elliott's unpublished autobiography, 'Women in Search of Justice', describes the setting up of the Ministry of Labour Women's Consultative Committee [WCC] an...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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"'Women in Search of Justice', 1941 (pg. 2)" [HFR0044b], 1941
This extract from Dorothy Elliott's unpublished autobiography, 'Women in Search of Justice', describes the setting up of the Ministry of Labour Women's Consultative Committee [WCC] and women munitions workers in the Royal Ordnance Factories.
Dorothy Elliott [1897-1980] was a munitions worker during the First World War, organiser first for the National Federation of Women Workers 1918-1920 and then for the National Union of General and Municipal Workers from1921, becoming National Women's Officer 1935-1946. She was the TUC representative on the Committee on Women Power from 1940 and a member of the WCC from 1941. |
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