Helen Glew
Biographic Data
| ID | 3980487 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Glew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Glew |
| SIGNATURE | GLEW H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Westminster |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3501-3261 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A new phase of activism
Focusing on the National Union of Women Teachers (NUWT) and the National Association of Women Civil Servants (NAWCS), this article looks at activism and campaigning for married women workers after the abolition of the marriage bar in both teaching (1944) and the Civil Service (1946). The article outlines the types of campaigning undertaken as well as the philosophical and ideological underpinnings in envisioning the married woman worker. Finally,…
Embracing the Language of Human Rights
This article considers four international women's organisations – the International Council of Women, the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship, the International Federation of University Women and the Open Door International – and their campaigns for the right of married women to undertake paid work. It examines how each organisation adopted and engaged with the language of human rights in the late 1920s and 1930s. I…
[A] stronger position as women alone
This article examines three successive organisations for women clerical workers in the Civil Service – the Association of Post Office Women Clerks (APOWC), the Federation of Women Civil Servants (FWCS) and the National Association of Women Civil Servants (NAWCS) – which explicitly identified as feminist and which pushed for the same conditions of employment for women as for men. In an era where a significant number of women’s trade unions and ass…
“Maiden, Whom We Never See”
This article examines attitudes toward the female telephone operator in the British press and a range of literary and cultural sources. Perceptions of female telephonists were rooted in both reactions to the increasingly visible employment of women in white-collar work and uncertain responses to the telephone as a new communication medium. Such perceptions of the female telephonist became stereotyped and static, though there were some later chall…
In a Minority in Male Spaces
This article outlines the relationships developed between women civil servants and women MPs between 1919 and 1955. It demonstrates the various ways in which a considerable number of women MPs supported efforts by women civil servants to achieve equal employment conditions with men. Arguing for the importance of networks and organisations embedded in the women’s movement, this article contributes new dimensions to our understanding of both the wo…
In the steps of exceptional women
"In the steps of exceptional women: the story of the Fawcett Society 1866–2016." Women's History Review, 27(3), pp. 507–508
Gender, rhetoric and regulation
Collectively, the Civil Service and the London County Council (LCC) employed tens of thousands of women in Britain in the early twentieth century. As public employers, these institutions remained influential for each other and for private employers more widely as a benchmark for the conditions of women's white-collar work. This book examines three key aspects of women's public service employment: inequality of pay, the marriage bar and inequality…
Women at Work, 1860–1939
In her penultimate paragraph, Valerie Hall argues that her book ‘is as much labour history as it is women’s history’ (p. 173). Although the book is ostensibly about women, it is also a means to understand the impact of three key industries—mining, inshore fishing and agriculture—on the Northumberland communities of which they were part. The book delineates the structures of work—at the level of the working day and over the course of a lifetime—as…
Introduction
Introduction to the journal's special issue, 'Women as Wives and Workers: Marking Fifty Years of The Feminine Mystique
Embracing the Language of Human Rights
This article considers four international women's organisations – the International Council of Women, the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship, the International Federation of University Women and the Open Door International – and their campaigns for the right of married women to undertake paid work. It examines how each organisation adopted and engaged with the language of human rights in the late 1920s and 1930s. I…
Women at Work, 1860–1939
In her penultimate paragraph, Valerie Hall argues that her book ‘is as much labour history as it is women’s history’ (p. 173). Although the book is ostensibly about women, it is also a means to understand the impact of three key industries—mining, inshore fishing and agriculture—on the Northumberland communities of which they were part. The book delineates the structures of work—at the level of the working day and over the course of a lifetime—as…
Introduction
Introduction to the journal's special issue, 'Women as Wives and Workers: Marking Fifty Years of The Feminine Mystique
Gender, rhetoric and regulation
Collectively, the Civil Service and the London County Council (LCC) employed tens of thousands of women in Britain in the early twentieth century. As public employers, these institutions remained influential for each other and for private employers more widely as a benchmark for the conditions of women's white-collar work. This book examines three key aspects of women's public service employment: inequality of pay, the marriage bar and inequality…
In the steps of exceptional women
"In the steps of exceptional women: the story of the Fawcett Society 1866–2016." Women's History Review, 27(3), pp. 507–508
“Maiden, Whom We Never See”
This article examines attitudes toward the female telephone operator in the British press and a range of literary and cultural sources. Perceptions of female telephonists were rooted in both reactions to the increasingly visible employment of women in white-collar work and uncertain responses to the telephone as a new communication medium. Such perceptions of the female telephonist became stereotyped and static, though there were some later chall…
In a Minority in Male Spaces
This article outlines the relationships developed between women civil servants and women MPs between 1919 and 1955. It demonstrates the various ways in which a considerable number of women MPs supported efforts by women civil servants to achieve equal employment conditions with men. Arguing for the importance of networks and organisations embedded in the women’s movement, this article contributes new dimensions to our understanding of both the wo…
[A] stronger position as women alone
This article examines three successive organisations for women clerical workers in the Civil Service – the Association of Post Office Women Clerks (APOWC), the Federation of Women Civil Servants (FWCS) and the National Association of Women Civil Servants (NAWCS) – which explicitly identified as feminist and which pushed for the same conditions of employment for women as for men. In an era where a significant number of women’s trade unions and ass…
Embracing the Language of Human Rights
This article considers four international women's organisations – the International Council of Women, the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship, the International Federation of University Women and the Open Door International – and their campaigns for the right of married women to undertake paid work. It examines how each organisation adopted and engaged with the language of human rights in the late 1920s and 1930s. I…
A new phase of activism
Focusing on the National Union of Women Teachers (NUWT) and the National Association of Women Civil Servants (NAWCS), this article looks at activism and campaigning for married women workers after the abolition of the marriage bar in both teaching (1944) and the Civil Service (1946). The article outlines the types of campaigning undertaken as well as the philosophical and ideological underpinnings in envisioning the married woman worker. Finally,…
Sociology (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (3 works)