Abstract
ABSTRACT This is the first survey of the NCW of Great Britain in the context of wider women’s movements to which it was a major contributor. Founded in 1895 as an organization of middle-class, mainly but not exclusively Christian, women active in voluntary work helping the poor, it was also committed to improved education and work opportunities and conditions for women of all classes. It was affiliated to ICW in 1898. Its range of interests expanded as its membership and influence grew to include working with other organizations for women’s suffrage, later the fight for the equal franchise and encouraging women to use their votes and be politically active, joining campaigns for legal reforms to improve social conditions and promote gender equality including at work, in the criminal justice system and in the family. Between the wars, with ICW, it was committed to peace and support for the League of Nations.
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