Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Context area
Archival history
The origins of The Women ’s Library can be traced back to the women ’s suffrage movement and the 1866 women ’s suffrage petition. This marked the beginning of the organised campaign for the vote which ended in 1928 when women achieved equal voting rights with men in the Equal Franchise Act. 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. It had two aims: to preserve the history of the women ’s movement, and to provide a resource for newly enfranchised women to enter public life. The Library was renamed the Fawcett Library in 1957 and the Women ’s Library in 2002. The collection has had many homes and it moved to LSE in 2013 when it became custodians of the collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
This description was automatically translated with the help of www.DeepL.com. Translation errors are possible. Please note that the document itself has not been translated.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English