British Association for the Advancement of Science: Committee on the Economic Effect of Legislation regulating Women's Labour
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0097 COLL MISC 0486 |
Held at | : British Library of Political and Economic Science Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library › |
Full title | : British Association for the Advancement of Science: Committee on the Economic Effect of Legislation regulating Women's Labour |
Date(s) | : 1896-1903 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 5 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : British Association for the Advancement of Science | Committee on the Economic Effect of Legislation regulating Women's Labour |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Committee on the economic effects of the legislation regulating women's labour was set up in 1900 and presented its final report in 1903. Its function was to investigate the operative effects of nineteenth century protective legislation on factory and workshop employment and on some aspects of outwork, and does not touch on any aspect of agricultural work or domestic service.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of the British Association for the Advancement of Science Committee on the Economic Effect of Legislation regulating Women's Labour including:
Part 1. Minutes of Committees and reports, tracts, reviews and acts.
Statistics of the number women employed.
Reports of factory inspectors.
Part 2. Studies of the state of women's employment in London, Birmingham, Leicester, Liverpool, Nottingham, Sheffield and Shropshire.
Part 3. Women's employment in Scotland.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Arranged by subject into four sections.
Conditions governing access:
OPEN
Conditions governing reproduction:
APPLY TO ARCHIVIST
Finding aids:
Printed handlist available
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002
Rules or conventions:
Date(s) of descriptions:
8 May 2002; revised 20 May 2002
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