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water and sewerage supplies ref1
see also education
Scott Report ref1
Scottish Rural Women’s Institute ref1, ref2, ref3
Seamen’s Missions ref1
Second World War
Battle of Britain ref1, ref2
Blitz ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Blitzkrieg ref1, ref2
civilian casualties ref1
D-Day landings ref1
Dunkirk evacuation ref1
end of ref1
fall of France ref1
invasion threat ref1, ref2, ref3
mobilisation ref1, ref2, ref3
Operation Barbarossa ref1
outbreak ref1, ref2, ref3
Pearl Harbor ref1
Phoney War ref1, ref2
return of servicemen and women ref1
Singapore, fall of ref1
secret ballots ref1
Sevenhampton WI ref1
sewing see knitting and sewing
Shacklady, Mr ref1, ref2
Sharnbrook WI ref1
Sheffield ref1
Shere WI ref1
shoes ref1, ref2
Shrewsbury market ref1, ref2, ref3
Shropshire County Federation ref1
Simpkins, Joan ref1
Sims, Mrs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
Singapore, fall of ref1
Singleton WI ref1
Sitwell family ref1
Sixpenny Handley ref1
Skimming, Mrs ref1
slaughter licences ref1, ref2
slipper-making ref1, ref2
Smethcote ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Smethcote WI ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Smokes for Wounded Soldiers and Sailors Society ref1
social class boundaries ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
social half-hours ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
socks ref1, ref2
Somerset County Federation ref1
Spatch, Ronnie ref1
spinning ref1
Spitfire Fund ref1
spring cleaning ref1, ref2
Staffordshire County Federation ref1
Stamford, Countess of ref1
stamp collections ref1
Stamper, Anne ref1, ref2, ref3
Stapleforth, Eileen ref1
Stapleton Cotton, Mrs ref1, ref2
Stevens, Mrs ref1
stockings ref1
Stokenchurch WI ref1
Stoney Creek WI ref1
Stotfold WI ref1
Street, Mrs ref1, ref2
string gloves ref1
suffrage ref1, ref2, ref3
sugar
jam-making ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
rationing ref1
Sulgrave WI ref1
Sumner, Marjorie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Sumner, Peggy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Surrey County Federation ref1
surveys
education ref1
evacuation ref1, ref2, ref3
housing ref1, ref2
water and sewerage ref1, ref2
Suttons ref1
Synge, Mrs ref1
talks and demonstrations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
Taplow WI ref1, ref2
Tarporley WI ref1, ref2
teenage members ref1, ref2
Tennant, Nancy ref1 ref2, ref3
Tetlow, Ann ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
Thompson, Mrs ref1
Thornthwaite-cum-Braithwaite WI ref1
Thornton Curtis WI ref1
Thornton Hough WI ref1
thrift crafts ref1, ref2, ref3
Tomkinson, Miss ref1
Toosey, Alex ref1
Toosey, Major Philip ref1
Toosey, Ruth ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Totteridge WI ref1
Townswomen’s Guild ref1
toy-making ref1
transport ref1
alternative transport forms ref1
bus services ref1, ref2, ref3
travelling to meetings ref1, ref2, ref3
see also petrol rationing
Trefnant WI ref1, ref2, ref3
Tuke, Mrs ref1
Tunbridge Wells WI ref1
Turner, Mrs ref1
United Irishwomen ref1
United States ref1, ref2
Urchfont WI ref1
utility clothing ref1
V-bombs ref1, ref2
Van Praet, Mrs ref1, ref2
Vaughan Williams, Ralph ref1, ref2
VE Day ref1
vegetable and fruit growing ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
allotments ref1, ref2
charitable use of profits ref1
compost ref1, ref2
deserted gardens ref1, ref2, ref3
Dig for Victory campaign ref1
farms ref1, ref2, ref3
farmyard manure ref1, ref2, ref3
fertiliser supplies ref1, ref2
produce storage ref1
radio gardening programmes ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
sale of produce ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
seed distribution ref1, ref2
talks and demonstrations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
see also food preservation; markets (WI)
Veitch, Miss ref1
Vernon, Miss ref1
Voluntary County Organisers (VCOs) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Walker, Miss ref1, ref2
Wallisdown WI ref1
Walshe, Mrs ref1
War Agriculture Committee ref1
war socialism ref1, ref2
war widows ref1
Ward, Dorcas ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Ward, Miriam ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
Warship Week ref1
Warton WI ref1
Warwickshire County Federation ref1
Washington Station WI ref1
water and sewerage survey ref1, ref2, ref3
Watt, Margaret Rose (‘Madge’) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
welcome clubs for American troops ref1
Welford WI ref1
Wellington, Duke of ref1
wellington boots ref1, ref2
Welsh Frankton WI ref1
West Wycombe WI ref1
Westbourne WI ref1
Whitchurch ref1
Wigtoft WI ref1
Wilkinson, Mrs ref1
Willaston WI ref1, ref2, ref3
Williams, Dr Ulysses ref1
Wilnecote WI ref1
Wilson, Mrs ref1
Winfrith Newburgh ref1
Wings for Victory ref1
Winter, Mrs ref1
Withering, Dr William ref1
Wivelsfield WI ref1
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) ref1
women’s conscription ref1
Women’s Institute (WI)
democratic ethos ref1, ref2
first British WI ref1
history of ref1
independence ref1, ref2
membership numbers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
National Federation of Women’s Institutes ref1, ref2, ref3
non-sectarian, non-political character ref1, ref2, ref3
organisational reach ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
pacifist stand ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
qualifying villages ref1
role ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
wartime achievements ref1
see also individual institutes
Women’s Land Army ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
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br /> Women’s Liberal Federation ref1
Women’s Voluntary Service ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
Woodmansterne WI ref1
Woods, Katharine ref1
Woods, Mrs (Headington WI) ref1
Woodstock WI ref1
Woolton, Lord ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
Woolton Pie ref1
Wootton Bridge WI ref1
Wright, Gertrude ref1, ref2
Wright, Margaret ref1
X-ray units, mobile ref1
Young, Elsie ref1
Zeppelin raids ref1
Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Ina ref1
List of Illustrations
1. Lady Denman, NFWI Chairman 1917–1946, was said to be worth ten men on a committee
2. Members of the NFWI Executive Committee 1937 with Lady Denman seated in the centre
3. Grace Hadow was Lady Denman’s Vice Chairman from 1918–1940. She was an academic from Oxford, an outstanding public speaker and a fearless mountaineer
4. Dame Frances Farrer, NFWI General Secretary 1929–1959, known for ringing ministers before breakfast
5. Edith Jones and her nephew Leonard, c. 1943
6. Edith Jones with her husband Jack and her great-niece, Chris Downes
7. Clara Milburn, prolific wartime diarist and member of Balsall Common WI
8. Edith Jones’s diary entries for the last three days of the Second World War
9. Thousands of tons of fruit were boiled in WI preservation centres
10. Six canning vans were donated to the WI by the American Federation of Business and Professional Women
11. Peggy and Marjorie Sumner. Peggy (left) joined Dunham Massey WI in 1938 and was still a member in 2012
12. Ruth Toosey was the secretary of Barrow WI during the war
13. Sybil Norcott joined her local WI at the age of 12. She says ‘the WI is a way of life’
14. Dr Gwen Bark was a GP and encouraged young mothers to join their WIs to have a voice on matters concerning their children
15. Betty Sims, mother of Ann Tetlow, was an active member of Bradfield WI for over 40 years
16. Miriam Ward (right), with Aunt Phil, was a founder member of Bradfield WI and secretary during the war
17. Ann Tetlow (left) and Dorcas Ward’s childhoods were shaped by the war and their mothers’ involvement with the WI
18. Pies on sale at Toft in Cheshire as part of the meals in rural areas scheme
19. WI markets such as Laleham, in Middlesex, sold surplus fruit and vegetables during the war
20. Weighing vegetables at Muskham
21. Queen Elizabeth at the WI canning centre at Reading in August 1941. She was a member of SandringhamWI with Queen Mary, who was president, and Princess Elizabeth, who joined in 1943
22. A WI ambulance being handed over by Lady Denman outside the London HQ of the NFWI
23. Mrs Roosevelt on her visit to Barham WI in Kent, October 1942
24. Lord Woolton, Minister of Food, visiting a WI, June 1941
25. Mrs Milburn as Britannia in her WI pageant in 1941. That morning she had heard that her nephew had been badly injured and his wife killed in the Blitz
26. Amongst many other activities the WI collected herbs for medicinal purposes
27. Community Singing at Flamstead WI in Hertfordshire during the war
28. The WI made potato baskets for the Ministry of Agriculture
1. Lady Denman, NFWI Chairman 1917–1946, was said to be worth ten men on a committee
2. Members of the NFWI Executive Committee 1937 with Lady Denman seated in the centre
3. Grace Hadow was Lady Denman’s Vice Chairman from 1918–1940. She was an academic from Oxford, an outstanding public speaker and a fearless mountaineer
4. Dame Frances Farrer, NFWI General Secretary 1929–1959, known for ringing ministers before breakfast
5. Edith Jones and her nephew Leonard, c. 1943
6. Edith Jones with her husband Jack and her great-niece, Chris Downes
7. Clara Milburn, prolific wartime diarist and member of Balsall Common WI
8. Edith Jones’s diary entries for the last three days of the Second World War
9. Thousands of tons of fruit were boiled in WI preservation centres
10. Six canning vans were donated to the WI by the American Federation of Business and Professional Women
11. Peggy and Marjorie Sumner. Peggy (left) joined Dunham Massey WI in 1938 and was still a member in 2012
12. Ruth Toosey was the secretary of Barrow WI during the war
13. Sybil Norcott joined her local WI at the age of 12. She says ‘the WI is a way of life’
14. Dr Gwen Bark was a GP and encouraged young mothers to join their WIs to have a voice on matters concerning their children
15. Betty Sims, mother of Ann Tetlow, was an active member of Bradfield WI for over 40 years
16. Miriam Ward (right), with Aunt Phil, was a founder member of Bradfield WI and secretary during the war
17. Ann Tetlow (left) and Dorcas Ward’s childhoods were shaped by the war and their mothers’ involvement with the WI
18. Pies on sale at Toft in Cheshire as part of the meals in rural areas scheme
19. WI markets such as Laleham, in Middlesex, sold surplus fruit and vegetables during the war
20. Weighing vegetables at Muskham
21. Queen Elizabeth at the WI canning centre at Reading in August 1941. She was a member of SandringhamWI with Queen Mary, who was president, and Princess Elizabeth, who joined in 1943
22. A WI ambulance being handed over by Lady Denman outside the London HQ of the NFWI
23. Mrs Roosevelt on her visit to Barham WI in Kent, October 1942
24. Lord Woolton, Minister of Food, visiting a WI, June 1941
25. Mrs Milburn as Britannia in her WI pageant in 1941. That morning she had heard that her nephew had been badly injured and his wife killed in the Blitz
26. Amongst many other activities the WI collected herbs for medicinal purposes
27. Community Singing at Flamstead WI in Hertfordshire during the war
28. The WI made potato baskets for the Ministry of Agriculture