Provision for the mentally sick, 1962

Submitted by: The Salvation Army and the National Free Church Women’s Council The National Council of Women in Conference appreciates the improved approach to the mentally sick but regrets the situation created by their return to society while still unadapted to...

Hostels for working girls, 1963

Submitted by: Federation of Community for the Moral Welfare of Children   The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, being concerned at the desperate need in large cities for more hostels for working girls between the ages of 16 and 18 who are...

Guardianship of infants, 1963

The National Council of Women in Conference assembled deprecates the limited value of the legal rights that a mother has over the legitimate children resulting from the common law rule that the father is the guardian of his children and the restricted scope of the...

Third-party adoptions, 1964

Submitted by: The Royal College of Midwives The National Council of Women of Great Britain in Conference assembled deprecates the number of third-party adoptions, and in view of the unsatisfactory results of many of them:  Urges Her Majesty’s Government to make a...

Schools in problem areas, 1965

Submitted by: The Education Sectional Committee The National Council of Women of Great Britain in Conference assembled considers that it is of vital importance not to allow discussions about secondary re-orgainisation, or the serious shortage of teachers, or...