Name/TitleWomen's Institutes
MakerMcCall, Cicely
Maker RoleAuthor
MakerTurner, W.J.
Maker RoleGeneral Editor(s)
About this objectHardback book with green cover titled 'Women's Institutes' by Cicely McCall. Contains 8 colour plates and 22 black & white illustrations and describes "the multifarious activities of the Institute in peace and war". The main headings are:
- The Institutes Come to London
- The Institutes At Home
- Death of a Complex [re: wartime evacuation]
- Jam [and WI markets]
- Handicrafts
- The Future
Partly digitised (7 pages incl. front pages and list of illustrations)
MeasurementsH: 230 x W: 168 X D: 7 mm
Date Made1943
Period1940s
PublisherWilliam Collins of London
Publication Date1943
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Series TitleBritain in Pictures
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Institute:
The Women's Institute (WI) is a community-based organisation for women in the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand. The movement was founded in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, by Erland and Janet Lee with Adelaide Hoodless being the first speaker in 1897. It was based on the British concept of Women's Guilds, created by Rev Archibald Charteris in 1887 and originally confined to the Church of Scotland. From Canada the organisation spread back to the motherland, throughout the British Empire and Commonwealth, and thence to other countries. Many WIs belong to the Associated Country Women of the World organization.
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's Institute (WI)
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
Subject and Association KeywordsSecond World War
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's war work
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2019-82-1
Spine LabelCICELY McCALL ~ WOMEN'S INSTITUTES
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved