National Federation of Women Teachers, South Wales - letter, 1906
1906 "National Federation of Women Teachers, South Wales - letter, 1906" [EP0057a], 1906 Letter from Miss F.M. Thomas, a headmistress in Pontycymmer, South Wales and member of the National Federation of Women Teachers, to Mary Macarthur, General Secretary of the National Federation of Wome...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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"National Federation of Women Teachers, South Wales - letter, 1906" [EP0057a], 1906
Letter from Miss F.M. Thomas, a headmistress in Pontycymmer, South Wales and member of the National Federation of Women Teachers, to Mary Macarthur, General Secretary of the National Federation of Women Workers. The letter criticises women's representation and services in the National Union of Teachers and asks Macarthur to write an article in support of the Federation in the Woman Worker, Labour Leader and Clarion.
Founded in 1904 as the Equal Pay League, it was re-named in 1906 as the National Federation of Women Teachers. Most of its members were also members of the National Union of Teachers or the London Mistresses Association and its objectives were equal pay and increased representation of women in the NUT. In 1909, the London section of the NFWT broke away from the NUT and together with the Women Teachers Franchise Union formed the Union of Women Teachers, the aim being women's suffrage and equal pay. In 1920, the remaining NFWT members also left the NUT to form an independent union, the National Union of Women Teachers. In 1961, when equal pay had been achieved, the Union wound up. |
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| Physical Description: | Letter TEXT |