RP XIV - Eleanor Florence Rathbone - 1895-1954
RP XIV - PAPERS OF ELEANOR FLORENCE RATHBONE date from c.1890-1952 and include:
- RP XIV.1 - PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
- RP XIV.2 - PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS: FILES - the contents of various files and letters, reports, memoranda etc connected to her parliamentary and public...
Archive level description: Series Physical Description: 1202 items Alternative Format: RP XIV has been microfilmed on 10 reels.Researchers intersted in purchasing microfilm copies should contact the repository.
| Summary: | RP XIV - PAPERS OF ELEANOR FLORENCE RATHBONE date from c.1890-1952 and include:
[ Note: N.B. XIV.4 represents a group of papers deposited in Jun 1987 by Dr B.L. Rathbone and including some additional correspondence from some notable correspondents. ] |
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| Date: | 1895-1954 |
| Reference Number: | RP XIV |
| Separated Material: | Nine different repositories hold correspondence of Eleanor Florence Rathbone, a full list of this material is available through the National Register of Archives. |
| Alternative Format: | RP XIV has been microfilmed on 10 reels.Researchers intersted in purchasing microfilm copies should contact the repository. |
| Biographical/Administrative Information: | Eleanor Florence Rathbone (1873-1946) was daughter of William Rathbone VI and Emily (née Lyle). First woman elected to Liverpool City Council - served as Independent councillor for Granby ward 1909-1934; elected as Independent M.P for the Combined Universities in 1929 and served until 1945. Associated with many campaigns of social reform, including conditions for labourers and their families, family allowances, children's nutrition, woman's suffrage. One of the founders of the Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society; Chair of the Family Endowment Society doing much to bring about the passing of the Family Allowance Act in 1945; she was a member of the Children's Minimum Committee campaigning for minimum standards of nutrition for all children; Honorrary Secretary for the Parliamentary Committee on Refugees. |