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100 1 $aCurtis, Mavis,$d1936-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe WI :$ba centenary history /$cMavis Curtis.
246 3 $aWomen's Institute :$ba centenary history
264 1 $aGloucestershire :$bAmberley Publishing,$c2015.
264 4 $c©2015
300 $a254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Waddling swans on bowling greens: the position of women in the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries -- Fruitful, not frivolous: the beginnings of the Women's Institute -- "A splendid show in the window": Lady Denman -- A really good woman: Grace Hadow -- Building a better Britain: the inter-war years -- "We women hate war": the war years, 1939-1945 -- Winning the peace: the post-war years, 1945-1960 -- Miser Elwes's not-so-stately home: Denman College -- Family planning and trouser suits: 1960-1980 -- Margaret Thatcher and Princess Diana: 1980-2000 -- Stitching, selling and saving the countryside: WI long-term interests and achievements -- The Calendar Girls and beyond -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
520 $aRising from the ashes of the First World War and initially conceived as a way of improving the food supply for the nation, the Women's Institute became one of the really important movements for women in the 20th century. This book looks at the history of an institute that remains a powerful force in women's lives; a source of fun, friendship and creativity.
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