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130: 160:. She was paid poor wages for 14 hour days, seven days a week. At the end of the war the arsenal laid off 26,000 employees with just a week's notice. The NFWW successfully argued that they should be paid money for three months. By 1921 the NFWW had merged into the 126:. She was paid less, because she was a woman, but the wages were better than she was used to. She had to work two ten hour shifts every week. One week would be daytime shifts and the following week would be shifts at night with an increased hourly rate. 193:
Elliott had no children and her husband died in 1972 and she died in Pontrilas in 1980. She left an autobiography that she had written in 1969 titled "Women in Search of Justice". Elliott's papers are held at the TUC library.
186:. Whilst at the GMWU she featured on a poster of leading "trade union brothers" who were encouraging workers to save a shilling out of pound earned. At the end of the war she became the Chairman (sic) of the 182:
From 1938 and during the war she was the GMWU's Chief Women's Officer. Her husband returned to being a science teacher in 1939. She was involved in the National Government serving on committees for
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Elliott was born in 1896 in Maidenhead. Her parents were Alice Mary (born Taylor) and William James Elliott and they were both teachers. She was the oldest of their three children. She attended the
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and she was employed in Lancashire until she moved to London. She had married John Owen Jones in 1923 who had been a teacher but he was then a student at the
179:. She advocated minimum wages for a million workers who were in domestic service and catering. The policy was adopted by the Labour Conference that year. 118:
gave her career advice - she believed that women needed to compete in a wider range of professions and she encouraged her to take work in
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Outsiders Or Equals?: Women Professors at the University of New Zealand, 1911–1961
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before she won a scholarship which enabled her to take modern languages at the
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becoming a Welsh folk baritone singer known as "Owen Bryngwyn".
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Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women's Organisations
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The NFWW employed her to recruit new members at the
141:where she was taught by the influential historian 389: 114:graduating with a third class degree in 1916. 272: 270: 268: 266: 264: 128: 338: 336: 334: 232:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 225: 390: 261: 221: 219: 217: 215: 213: 211: 209: 207: 240:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.112182 331: 307: 151:National Federation of Women Workers 137:Elliott enrolled on a course at the 204: 162:General and Municipal Workers Union 13: 360: 188:National Institute of Home Workers 177:National Labour Women’s Conference 175:and she also was the lead for the 108:County Girls’ school in Maidenhead 14: 424: 294: 190:, a post she held until 1959. 1: 413:English women trade unionists 226:Bartley, Paula (2023-06-08), 197: 7: 282:collections.londonmet.ac.uk 234:, Oxford University Press, 10: 429: 139:London School of Economics 319:Routledge & CRC Press 81: 73: 63: 44: 25: 18: 278:"Dorothy Elliott Memoir" 171:In 1931 she chaired the 122:'s munitions factory at 101: 408:People from Maidenhead 372:archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk 166:Royal College of Music 134: 132: 112:University of Reading 92:Dorothy Mary Elliott 30:Dorothy Mary Elliott 304:. Peter Lang, 2009. 300:Fitzgerald, Tanya. 135: 124:Witton, Birmingham 96:Dorothy Mary Jones 249:978-0-19-861412-8 89: 88: 420: 382: 381: 379: 378: 364: 358: 357: 355: 354: 340: 329: 328: 326: 325: 311: 305: 298: 292: 291: 289: 288: 274: 259: 258: 257: 256: 223: 158:Woolwich Arsenal 51: 48:25 November 1980 16: 15: 428: 427: 423: 422: 421: 419: 418: 417: 388: 387: 386: 385: 376: 374: 366: 365: 361: 352: 350: 348:biography.wales 342: 341: 332: 323: 321: 313: 312: 308: 299: 295: 286: 284: 276: 275: 262: 254: 252: 250: 224: 205: 200: 104: 85:John Owen Jones 59: 53: 49: 40: 34: 32: 31: 21: 20:Dorothy Elliott 12: 11: 5: 426: 416: 415: 410: 405: 400: 384: 383: 359: 330: 306: 293: 260: 248: 202: 201: 199: 196: 147:Mary Macarthur 103: 100: 94:(married name 87: 86: 83: 79: 78: 77:trade unionist 75: 71: 70: 65: 61: 60: 54: 52:(aged 84) 46: 42: 41: 35: 29: 27: 23: 22: 19: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 425: 414: 411: 409: 406: 404: 401: 399: 396: 395: 393: 373: 369: 363: 349: 345: 339: 337: 335: 320: 316: 310: 303: 297: 283: 279: 273: 271: 269: 267: 265: 251: 245: 241: 237: 233: 229: 222: 220: 218: 216: 214: 212: 210: 208: 203: 195: 191: 189: 185: 180: 178: 174: 169: 167: 163: 159: 154: 152: 148: 144: 140: 131: 127: 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 99: 97: 93: 84: 80: 76: 72: 69: 66: 62: 57: 47: 43: 38: 28: 24: 17: 375:. Retrieved 371: 362: 351:. Retrieved 347: 322:. Retrieved 318: 309: 301: 296: 285:. Retrieved 281: 253:, retrieved 231: 192: 184:Ernest Bevin 181: 170: 155: 136: 116:Edith Morley 105: 95: 91: 90: 50:(1980-11-25) 403:1980 deaths 398:1896 births 64:Nationality 33:19 May 1896 392:Categories 377:2023-08-31 353:2023-08-31 324:2023-08-31 287:2023-08-31 255:2023-08-30 198:References 143:R.H.Tawney 74:Occupation 37:Maidenhead 58:, England 56:Pontrilas 39:, England 153:(NFWW). 68:British 246:  120:Kynoch 82:Spouse 244:ISBN 102:Life 45:Died 26:Born 236:doi 149:'s 394:: 370:. 346:. 333:^ 317:. 280:. 263:^ 242:, 230:, 206:^ 380:. 356:. 327:. 290:. 238::

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Maidenhead
Pontrilas
British
County Girls’ school in Maidenhead
University of Reading
Edith Morley
Kynoch
Witton, Birmingham

London School of Economics
R.H.Tawney
Mary Macarthur
National Federation of Women Workers
Woolwich Arsenal
General and Municipal Workers Union
Royal College of Music
Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women's Organisations
National Labour Women’s Conference
Ernest Bevin
National Institute of Home Workers








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