Sample collection on women migrants at the Women’s Library LSE below
See more on our catalogue of primary sources HERE
Collection title: Records of the British Women’s Emigration Association (BWEA) (UK: 1885-1919)
Description: The archive consists of Minutes: UEEA finance committee; UBWEA Council and South African Expansion Committee; British Women’s Emigration Association (BWEA) Council, information, factory scheme, hostel and advisory committee; Annual reports of UBWEA and BWEA; press cuttings books; correspondence and copy correspondence; BWEA papers for Council meeting.
Archive address: Women’s Library, London School of Economics and Political Science – Houghton Street – London WC2A 2AE – UK
Reference number: 1BWE – Records of the British Women’s Emigration Association. Box FL002-FL003; FL022-FL022B (5 boxes)
The catalogue is available from the Women’s Library website and a complete description here.
Publications: Marie Ruiz, British Female Emigration Societies and the New World (1860-1914). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Contributor: Marie Ruiz
