Name/TitleOur Villages
MakerMcCall, Cicely
Maker RoleEditor(s)
About this objectSlim paperback publication titled 'Our Villages: A survey of amenities and public services in rural areas by the National Federation of Women's Institutes', edited by Cicely McCall and priced two shillings. Contents as follows:
- Our Villages: introduction
- Housing
- Education
- Water, Sewage, and Electricity
- 'Bus Service
- Footpaths
- Litter-bins
- Home Helps
- Out-Patient Clinics
- Children in Hospital
- Improvements
- Action Taken
- Improvements Needed
- Tables
Fully digitised (26 pages)
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 240 x W: 185 mm
Date Made1956
Period1950s
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesNational Federation of Women's Institutes, 39 Eccleston Street, London SW1
PublisherNational Federation of Women's Institutes
Publication Date1956
Publication PlaceEngland, London
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 Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association Keywordshousehold, housekeeping
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBooklet
Object numberGWL-2023-45-3
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved