Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries

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The Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries (AWCS) was a British trade union from 1912 to 1941.

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History

The union formed in 1903 as the Association of Shorthand Writers and Typists and changed its name in 1912 to AWCS. [1] It grew, partly because of World War I, from fewer than 900 members in 1916 to around 8000 in 1920. It became a member of the Trades Union Congress in 1919. [2]

Anne Godwin joined the union in 1920 and became its main organizer in 1928. [3]

In 1941 AWCS merged with the National Union of Clerks and Administrative Workers to form the Clerical and Administrative Workers Union. [1] [4]

General Secretaries

1911: Florence
1916: Mabel Basnett
1918: Dorothy Evans
1931: Anne Godwin

Archives

Records of the AWCS are kept in the London Metropolitan University's Trades Union Congress Library Collections. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Archives Hub [ permanent dead link ]
  2. Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries at Working Class Movement Library
  3. Dame Anne Godwin: trade union leader at Working Class Movement Library
  4. Clerks union timeline

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