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  1. 1
    Published 1917
    “…1917 1914-1918 "Letter from The Rossendale Union of Boot, Shoe and Slipper Operatives, 1917" [T0245.jpg], 1917 Letter from The Rossendale Union of Boot, Shoe and Slipper Operatives to the Secretary of the Labour Party, dated 17th September 1917, concerning the treatment of conscientious objectors during the First World War.…”
  2. 2
    Published 1916
    “…Kneeshaw was a strong opponent of conscription during the First World War and this was also the policy of the Trades Council. …”
  3. 3
    Published 1943
    “…1943 1939-1945 "Women's Land Army, 1943" [HFR0094], 1943 The Women's Land Army was set up to help with harvesting in the First World War and then re-established in June 1939. …”
  4. 4
    Published 1918-1939
    “…1939 1918-1939 "Lord William Beveridge (1879-1963)" [T0082.jpg], 1918-1939 Beveridge worked in the Board of Trade Employment Department 1908-1916, notably in the establishment of Labour exchanges, and held other government posts during the first world war. He chaired a number of Government committees, including the 1925 Royal Commission on the Coal Industry and the 1941-42 Committee on Social Insurance, which popularised the concept of a universal Welfare State. …”
  5. 5
    Published 1918
    “…1918 1918-1939 "Equal Pay for Similar Duties Conference 1918" [EP0002], 1918 Besides massive recruitment of women to work in war industries during the First World War, the Government employed 150,000 extra women clerical workers in the civil service, Post Office and other areas. …”
  6. 6
    Published 1915
    “…Both men were strong internationalists, vocal opponents of the First World War, and members of the National Committee of the No Conscription Fellowship.…”
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    Published 1941
    “…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. …”
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    Published 1941
    “…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. …”
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    Published 1941
    “…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. …”
  10. 10
    Published 1942
    “…Originating in the First World War, the War Savings Campaign was revived in November 1939 when local committees were re-organised. …”
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    Published 1916
    “…1916 1914-1918 "Extract from the diary of an imprisoned conscientious objector, 1916" [T0244.jpg], 1916 Extract from Report 28, dated 21 July 1916, issued by the No Conscription Fellowship (NCF) showing the diary of an imprisoned conscientious objector during the First World War. The weekly reports include details of C.O.s recently arrested and the outcomes of court martials and other hearings. …”
  12. 12
    Published 1888
    “…He joined the Liberal Government and was president of the local Government Board 1905-1914, then President of the Board of Trade, although he resigned from this post on the outbreak of the First World War.…”
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    Published 1918
    “…1918 1914-1918 "Women tram conductors, 1918" [EP0089], 1918 First World War women tram conductors of the Metropolitan Electric Tramways Company pose for a studio portrait, 1917-1918. …”
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