HOGG MRS EDITH F FL 1894 - 1905 SECRETARY OF THE WOMEN S INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE

Notes and papers relating to apprenticeship charities, collected by Mrs Hogg.

In 1889 Clementina Black (1854 - 1922) helped form the Womens Trade Union Association, which five years later merged with the Womens Industrial Council. Clementina became president of the council and for the next twenty years she was involved in collecting and publicising information on womens' work.

Most members of the Womens Industrial Council were also active in the suffrage movement. Organisations such as the NUWSS and the Womens Freedom League worked closely with the council and other groups campaigning for better pay and conditions for women workers. By 1910 women made up almost one third of the workforce. Work was often on a part-time or temporary basis. It was argued that if women had the vote Parliament would be forced to pass legislation that would protect women workers. The Womens Industrial Council concentrated on acquiring information about the problem and by 1914 the organisation had investigated one hundred and seventeen trades. In 1915 Clementina Black and her fellow investigators published their book Married Womens Work. This information was then used to persuade Parliament to take action against the exploitation of women in the workplace.

Three folders

MAINLY OPEN, SOME PAPERS CLOSED DUE TO POOR CONDITION

Transferred from the BLPES Pamphlet Collection

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