The National Council of Women : a centennial history
Maker and role
Dorothy Page, Author
Production date
1996
Object detail
Accession number
01-138
Maker
Description
"This is a book about issues, and about personalities. It is a book about women's history - and about women's struggle for equality. The exhilarating variety of women's lives is reflected throughout as it carefully charts the history of a major national organisation." - Back cover
Contents
Preface -- introduction -- 1. The first meeting -- 2. The herday of the first national council of women -- 3. Decline and intermission -- 4. War and the new national council of women -- 5. The inter-war years: internationalism, depression and optimism -- 6. War and peace -- 7. Women, work and family, the 1950s and 1960s -- 8. The modern NCW: women and employment. -- 9. The NCW and the changing role of the state -- Postscript by Janey Hesketh
Appendices, Bibliography, Notes, Index.
Contents
Preface -- introduction -- 1. The first meeting -- 2. The herday of the first national council of women -- 3. Decline and intermission -- 4. War and the new national council of women -- 5. The inter-war years: internationalism, depression and optimism -- 6. War and peace -- 7. Women, work and family, the 1950s and 1960s -- 8. The modern NCW: women and employment. -- 9. The NCW and the changing role of the state -- Postscript by Janey Hesketh
Appendices, Bibliography, Notes, Index.
Media/Materials
Physical description
viii, 240 p. : photos ; 25 cm.
ISBN/ISSN
1869401549
Credit line
Dorothy Page. 1996. The National Council of Women : a centennial history, 01-138. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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