The archive consists of answers given by Phyllis Vickers to a questionnaire on the 'position of married women in the British civil service', sent to Lady Paton, wife of the vice-chancellor of Melbourne University, at the request of Mary Field (with covering letters). The questionnaire specifically relates to the following issues: the marriage bar, Equal Pay, Equal Access to Jobs, Equal Promotion, maternity leave, superannuation, pension rights, relationships between single and married female employees, absence and punctuality of married women (compared to single women and men), retention and recruitment, grades. Vickers appears to have been a civil service employee, and her answers provide facts about civil service policy mainly gleaned from official literature.
Papers of Phyllis Vickers
Archive Collection
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- ReferenceGB 106 7VIC
- Dates of Creation1958
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description0.25 A box (1 folder)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
No further details are known about Phyllis Vickers.
Access Information
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from The Women's Library Printed Collections, 2003 where the papers were found amongst uncatalogued pamphlets.
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Fonds Description (1 folder only)