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D6640 - Staveley Co-operative Women's Guild - 1945-1994

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D6640
Title	Staveley Co-operative Women's Guild
Date	1945-1994
Description	The first branches of the Women's League for the Spread of Co-operation were founded in 1883. The organisation changed its name to the Women's Co-operative Guild the following year. Nationally, the Guild aimed to educate women "in order that they can play a full part in the control of the Co-operative Movement" and to encourage women to "play a greater part in community, national and international affairs".
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Staveley Co-operative Women's Guild
Administrative History	These records were donated in July 2006
Custodial History	Acquired by Derbyshire Record Office in 2006
Organisation Sub-Type	Women's organisations
Organisation Sub-Type	Social Concern/Campaigning groups
Related Material	For records relating to other branches in Derbyshire, there are minutes and cash books for the New Mills branch of the Women's Co-operative Guild, held by the Working Class Movement Library at Jubilee House, 51 The Crescent, Salford. Nationally, Annual Reports, publications and ephemera are held by the archives of the Co-operative College, Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester.

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