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The Hidden Half - Women in Wolverhampton's History Further Sources Topic
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General Women's History, Trail of Wolverhampton, D Fownes et al, 1995 (L9) History Trail, Women of Wolverhampton, S Thomas et al, 1995 (L9p) Women's History Trail, S Binnion et al, 1998 (L9p) Black Country Lives: reflections of the 20th century, 2000 (L9292SR) Black and Ethnic Minority Experience (BEME) tapes: interviews with women from ethnic minority groups about their experiences in Wolverhampton, 2001 (DX-624) Early references to women in deeds 1530 - 1540s (DX-24) School records 19th - 20th century (D-EDS) Methodist chapel records (women's committees & meetings, etc) 18th - 20th cent (M and MC) Census returns 1841 - 1901 giving details of individual households that can be used to measure overcrowding, population, density, etc. Wolverhampton Chronicle from 1789 Express and Star from 1883 Black Country Bugle from 1979 Awaaz (Asian Women's Adhikar Association) annual report 1988 (L302p) Sistermatic, Wolverhampton's Women's newspaper 1982 onwards (L3) A Bright Light in a Dark Place: the Life of Mrs Philip Lloyd of Bilston, 1873 (LB92) Memoirs of a Black Country Childhood, Edith Rubery, The Blackcountryman, Spring 1974 (SO52) Reminiscences, Alice Onions, West Midland Studies, Vol. 6, page 30, 1973 (S9) Wolverhampton Young Women's Christian Association: minutes, visitors book, plans, other, 1936 - 1986 (D-SO-40) Wolverhampton Order of Odd Women - laws and regulations 1847 (L396SR) Wolverhampton Association of Girl's Clubs: annual reports 1943 - 1945 (L369p) Stafford County Federation of Women's Institutes: yearbooks etc 1964 - 1965, 1967 - 1975 (S396SR) Black Women's Co-operative: newsletters 1984 onwards (L302p) Wolverhampton
Council - Womens Working Party 1984 - 1988 (CMB-WOL-C-WWP); copy
minutes 1988 - 1991 (DX-799) A History of Wolverhampton, C Upton, 1998 (L9UPT) Famous People of Wolverhampton, No 10: Lady Wulfruna, 1988 (L92p) Votes for Women: the Struggle for the Vote in the Black Country 1900-1918, G Barnsby, 1995 (S324p) Wolverhampton and Bilston Labour Party records (including Mary Pointon) 1907 - 1983 (D-LAB/2) Wolverhampton Women's Suffrage Society annual reports 1909 - 1915 (L3243) Papers of Emma Sproson c. 1906 - 1937 (DX-686) Annual Report of the Wolverhampton Women's Suffrage Society 1909-1915 (L3243) Photographs of Emma & Frank Sproson (Y1/SPR) Emma Sproson: a Black Country Suffragette, SP Walters, 1993 (L92SPR) List of Wolverhampton Council women councillors 1921 - 1992 (L352p) National Council of Women, Wolverhampton Branch: minutes 1918 - 1989; accounts 1977 - 1993; papers 1992; annual reports 1949 - 1958; programme cards 1970 - 1992; photographs, press cuttings, etc (note: many series are incomplete) (D-SO-8) Photograph of West Wolverhampton Labour Party Women's Section, 1930's (DX-272/3) National
Relief Fund, Wolverhampton Local Representative Committee 1914 -
1919 (DX-152) (includes Women's Employment Sub-Committee) Eltham's Writers, J Kennett, 2001 (L92) Papers of Emma Dorothea Barcroft, c. 1917 - 1964 (DX-1) Papers of Marjorie Crosbie, c. 1909 - 1960 (DX-2) The
Pursuit of Perfection: a Life of Maggie Teyte, G O'Connor, 1979
Star on the Door, M Teyte, 1958 (L92 TEY) Famous People of Wolverhampton, No 5: Maggie Teyte, 1988 (L92p) Town
and Trade Directories 1750 - date (L91) Wolverhampton Trades & Occupations 1792, JS Roper, 1964, (L91F9) Trades and Professions in the Town in 1802, Wolverhampton Local History Pamphlets No 3, J Roper, 1969 (L91:G2) Female Arm of the Law (article from the Wolverhampton Magazine, Sep 1963 re. Wolverhampton Women's Police Force (L3522p) Industrial War Record: a review of the activities of Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd 1939 - 1945, 1956 (LB672SR) No Bed of Roses: Nineteenth Century Working Women in the Black Country, A Franklin 1985 (S331SR) Daylight to Dark: a day in the life of a boatwoman, Maggy Ledbury, Boundary Post, Feb. 1975 (S386p) Register
of parish apprentices for the township of Wolverhampton Photographs of women at work in various local industries (see photographic collection) Wolverhampton Council - register of Servants 1911 - 1968 (CMB-WOL-D-CE33) Wolverhampton Electrical Association for Women (DX-347 acc. 1004) Queen Victoria Nursing Institution: minutes 1888 - 1948, register of members and share ledger 1935 - 1937, nurses wages books 1917 - 1944, ledger 1925 - 1940, receipts and payments book 1937 - 1948, cash books 1935 - 1947, monthly report books 1927 - 1953, other (NHS-QV) National Health Service and Hospital records (nursing committees, wage books, etc) 19th - 20th cent (NHS) Wolverhampton Board of Guardians Probationary Nurses Committee signed minutes 1924 - 1930 (PU-WOL-Q1 & 2) Wolverhampton District Nursing Association signed minutes 1922 - 1928 (D-DNA) Bilston Nursing Association: annual reports 1934, 1935, 1938 (DX-257); 1936 (LB614p) A History of Mining in the Black Country, TE Lones, 1898 (S622) Labour and the Poor in England and Wales 1849-1851, Volume 2, J Ginswick, ed, 1983 (L331) A History of Courtaulds, CH Ward-Jackson, 1941 (L677.46) Courtaulds, An Economic and Social History, Volume 2, DC Coleman, 1969 (L677) Black Country Folk at Werk: Married Women Need Not Apply, D Davies, N Williams, ed, 1989 (S331) The Rayoneer, 1932-1961 (incomplete series) (L67746) GKN Sankey - photographs of production lines showing women at work 20th century (DX-589) Women's Volunteer Reserve - newspaper cuttings and photographs, 1915 - 1916 (DX-717) Business
and Professional Women's Club, Wolverhampton - programmes 1980,
1981 (L367p) Wolverhampton Council Minutes 1848-1997 (CMB-WOL-C-COU) Wolverhampton Council Artisan's Dwelling and Street Improvements Committee 1875 - 1887 (CMB-WOL-C-ADSI) Wolverhampton Council Health of Towns Committee 1850 - 1894 (CMB-WOL-C-HOT) A History of Housing in Wolverhampton 1750-1975, GJ Barnsby, 1976, (L3391) Wednesfield
Urban District Council War Time Nursery Management Committee minutes
1943 - 1948 (D-WED) Report on the Health of the Borough of Wolverhampton, H Malet, 1887 (L614) Staffordshire Women's Welfare Centre annual reports1936 - 1938 and poster 1930s (L618p) Maternity Care in Wolverhampton in the 1920s and '30s: to what extent was it based on humanitarian objectives? S Smith BA (Hons) dissertation 1996 (L618SR) Annual reports of Wolverhampton Medical Officer of Health 1889 - 1923, 1925 - 1938, 1944 - 1973 (CMB-WOL-C-COU) Wolverhampton School Medical Officer of Health/Principal School Medical Officer: annual reports 1909 - 1939, 1945 - 1970 (incomplete series) (CMB-WOL-C-EDU) (L3717) Annual reports of Bilston Medical Officer of Health 1890 - 1930, 1945 - 1949, 1952 - 1963 (LB614) Monthly report book (Bilston Sanitary Inspector, Medical Officer of Health and Housing Inspector) 1911 - 1932 (C-UD-BIL) Reports of the Medical Officer of Health for Heath Town 1876-1889 (C-UD-HT32) Wolverhampton Dispensary for Women, later the Wolverhampton and District Hospital for Women: minutes 1889 - 1936; annual reports 1889 - 1927; letter book 1911 - 1913; rules 1925; newspaper cuttings 1901 - 1932 (NHS-WH) District Nursing Association and Maternity Home, Bath Road, Wolverhampton: minutes 1922 - 1948 (D-DNA), annual report 1923 - 1924 (HA), annual report 1928 (T-CC) Family Planning - Reminiscences, Alice Onions, West Midland Studies Vols 7-18 (S9) Effects of early discharge after hospital confinement - from The Lancet, 3 Oct 1964 - report of a survey made in Wolverhampton (L610p) Wolverhampton Council Maternity and Child Welfare Committee minutes 1923 - 1947 (CMB-WOL-C-MCW) and Health (Maternity and Child Welfare) Committee minutes 1947 - 1967 (CMB-WOL-C-HEA6) Female Refuge, Wadhams Hill - plan, 1908 (WTON/2412), The Original Wolverhampton Guide & Visitors Handbook 1884, page 83 (L91SR); list of trustees, balance sheets etc 1950 - 1953 (T-CC-72) Mrs Hay Memorial Home, Merridale Road - plan 1930 (WTON/A-580); The Original Wolverhampton Guide & Visitors Handbook 1884 (L91SR) Mrs Legge
Memorial Maternity Home, North Street - plan 1920 (WTON/7056a) School records, 19th - 20th cent (D-EDS) Trade directories list schools & colleges, 19th - 20th cent Local newspapers for advertisements © Copyright. Wolverhampton City Council, 2002
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