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- The Women's Library is the oldest and largest collection of women's history in the UK. It was founded in 1926 as the Library of the London Society for Women's Service, a non militant organisation led by leading suffragist, Millicent Fawcett.
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The Women’s Library is the oldest and largest library in Britain devoted to the history of women’s campaigning and activism. It was officially inaugurated as the Library of the London Society for Women’s Service in 1926 and it had two aims: to preserve the history of the women’s suffrage movement and to provide a resource for newly ...
The Women’s Library began its life in a converted pub in Marsham Street, Westminster, as The Library of the London Society for Women’s Service in 1926. Arising from the campaign for votes for women, the fledgling library had two aims: to preserve the history of the women’s movement, and to provide a resource for newly enfranchised women ...
Feb 15, 2002 · The library began as the Women's Service Library, which was the library of the London and National Society for Women's Service - now called the Fawcett Society - the direct descendant of the London Society for Women's Suffrage, which had been founded in 1867.
The Women's Library is the oldest and largest collection of women's history in the UK. It was founded in 1926 as the Library of the London Society for Women's Service, a non militant organisation led by leading suffragist, Millicent Fawcett.
Aug 20, 2012 · Originally established In 1926 to support the work of the London National Society for Women’s Service (now the Fawcett Society), it holds over 60,000 books and pamphlets, thousands of...
Mar 16, 2023 · Originating in the 1866 Women's Suffrage Committee, the Women's Library opened in 1926 and has been housed at LSE since 2013. Gillian Murphy shares its story.
Jun 15, 2016 · In founding a library, the Society wanted to preserve the history of the women’s movement in which it had played an important part and also to provide an up-to-date collection of books and reports for the newly-enfranchised women who wanted to play a part in public life.
