Catalogue description ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN RYDE BRANCH

This record is held by Isle of Wight Record Office

Details of AC 97/47 and AC 95/1
Reference: AC 97/47 and AC 95/1
Title: ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN RYDE BRANCH
Description:

Minutes, financial records, lists of members, and correspondence of the Association
Date: 1949 - 1986
Held by: Isle of Wight Record Office, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Electrical Association for Women, Ryde Branch
Physical description: About 30 items
Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by Mrs J Truckel in July 1997 (AC97/47) and Mr T Proctor in January 1995 (Ac95/1)
Subjects:
  • Isle of Wight
  • Domestic appliances
Administrative / biographical background:

The Electrical Association for Women was formed in 1924, and Caroline Haslett, secretary of the Women's Engineering Society, became the first director. The aim of the Association was 'to interest women in the electrical development of the country'. Branches were gradually established, including ones at Newport and Ryde. The Ryde branch was set up in 1949, and the list of members for 1951 records the names of over fifty women. The membership fluctuated initially, but by 1977 it had risen to over one hundred. The branch, along with the whole Association, was disbanded in 1986
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