The National Council of Women exists to co-ordinate the voluntary efforts of women across Great Britain.[1] Founded as the National Union of Women Workers, it said that it would "promote sympathy of thought and purpose among the women of Great Britain and Ireland".[2]
It was founded in 1895. It changed its name to the National Council of Women of Great Britain & Ireland in 1918. In 1928 it changed its name to the National Council of Women of Great Britain.[3]
Its early archives are held in the London Metropolitan University: Trades Union Congress Library Collections.
H. Pearl Adam published Women in Council, the history of the National Council of Women of Great Britain, in 1945.[4]
Eminent members have included: