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Front pages: The Pilgrimage of Perseverance; Wood, Ethel M.; 1949; GWL-2016-46

Name/TitleThe Pilgrimage of Perseverance

Edition1st

MakerWood, Ethel M.

Maker RoleAuthor

About this objectHardcover book (olive green, no fly cover) titled 'The Pilgrimage of Perseverance' by Ethel M. Wood. Contents as follows:

- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Table on Population
- Chapter 1: The Background
- Chapter II: Government and Women
- Chapter III: Women and Professional Life:
- a) Women in Medicine
- b) Women in Education
- c) Women in the Civil Service
- d) The Law and Women
- e) Conclusion
- Chapter IV: Women and Social Service
- Chapter V: Women and Organization:
- a) Industrial Organizations
- b) Political Organizations
- c) The Dual Life
- Chapter VI: "So What?"
- Bibliography
- Index

Partially digitised (front pages, bibliography & index)

Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper and card

MeasurementsH: 222 x W: 140 x D: 12 mm

Date Made1949

Period1940s

Place NotesThe National Council of Social Service Incorporated, 26 Bedford Square, London, W.C.1

PublisherThe National Council of Social Service

Publication DateNovember 1949

Publication PlaceEngland, London

Subject and Association DescriptionEthel Mary Wood (1876-1970) was the daughter of Quintin Hogg, a businessman and philanthropist who established the Regent Street Polytechnic (now University of Westminster), the largest London-based adult education provider of its day. Wood inherited her father’s strong religious convictions and philanthropy, serving with the London War Pensions Committee, the Winter Distress League, various women’s organisations, and as governor of her father’s Polytechnic. She was made a C.B.E. in 1920:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Mary_Wood

Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations

Subject and Association Keywordswomen's war work

Subject and Association Keywordswomen's work & labour

Subject and Association KeywordsGender equality

Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library

Object TypeBook

Object numberGWL-2016-46

Spine LabelEthel M. Wood ~ The Pilgrimage of Perseverance ~ N.C.S.S.