Appendix 1: Federation Officials and Organisers I make no claims that this list is complete and it is presented here with some important caveats: 1. It is not always easy to determine whether organisers were employed by the Federation or the WTUL, and some carried out work for both or were hired temporarily by the Federation. I have not included a full list of WTUL staff, merely those whose WTUL duties included Federation campaigns or the establishment of Federation branches. 2. The dates given are the known years of engagement, but for many their involvement may have preceded and succeeded these years. 3. During and after the war, the term ‘organiser’ was sometimes used to describe both a paid worker and a branch official. Although I have tried to identify those who were paid, the nature of the Federation sometimes makes the dis- tinction between paid, honorary and branch officials difficult to distinguish. In addition, the Federation rules (1911) make it clear that as long as branches kept within the limits of their local management fund and paid the money due to the Central Office, the payment of branch officials was left to the deci- sion of the Branch Committee. 4. Because of these uncertainties, some names are included both here and in Appendix 2, which lists known branch locations and their officials. President: Mary Macarthur ( 1906– 11); Gertrude Tuckwell ( 1911– 18); Mrs Agnes Lauder (nee Young) (also Divisional Organiser, Scotland, 1917) (1918– 21) Vice President: Mrs Lamont (1908); Miss Arkell (1918) Treasurer: Rosa Hillary (1908); Miss Margaret Craig (1909) General Secretary: Louisa Hedges ( 1907– 09); Jessie Main ( 1909– 10); Helena Flowers ( 1909– 10); Mary Macarthur ( 1911– 21) Assistant Secretary: Helena Flowers (1907), Florence Weidner (left to be married 1912); Agnes Young (1914); Mr George Kershaw (resigned 1918) Organising Secretary: Miss Mollison (1910); Marion Phillips (1911) Miss Ethel Weaver (1912, then Assistant Organising Secretary 1918– 19); Margaret Bondfield (1915, and Chief Assistant Secretary 1918); Dorothy Jewson (Deputy, temporary 1918) Head of Negotiations Department: Madeleine Symons (1918– 19); department worker and organiser Miss Cutlack Organising Secretary of the War Workers’ Campaign: Susan Lawrence (1915) Junior Organiser: Miss Nutcher (1915) Secretary of Domestic Workers’ Section: Jessie Stephen (1918–19) Chief Organiser: George Dallas (1912) 169 170 Appendix 1 National Organiser: Harriet Fawcett (1917– 18) Regional: English Organiser: Miss Ada Newton (1912) Midland Organiser: Mr W. J. Hodgetts (1912) Birmingham: Miss Ellen Smyth (1908); Mr Rowley (1917), Miss Howarth (from Bristol, 1917); Miss Gibson (1918); Mrs Pownell (1918); From 1920 offices 262 Corporation Street Bradford: Miss Lilian Barton (1919) Brighton: Mrs Busby (1920) Bristol: Miss Codrington (1917) 1918 offices Kingsley Hall Cradley Heath: Mr Charles Sitch (1911), office in the Workers’ Institute Coventry: Mrs Givens ( 1916– 18) Five Towns: Miss Phoebe Wedgwood (1917) Ireland: Helena Flowers ( 1917– 19); Miss O’Donovan (1917); Mrs Buckley ( 1918– 19); Mrs Duffy (1918) Leeds: Mrs Jeannie Arnott ( 1916– 19) London and South East: Ada Warters (1916); Isabel Sloan (National Organiser 1916– 17); Miss C.L. Adams (1917); Helen Bowen Pease (1918); Mrs Coombes (1918); Miss Calthrop (1918– 19); Miss Campbell (1919); Mrs Flattery (1919); Miss Goldsworthy (1920); Miss Burton (1920); Miss Wilson; Miss Butcher, Mrs Holloway Manchester and North West: Mrs Shepherd (1914– 17); Mrs Mills (Barrow, 1915– 18); Reina Harris (1916, becomes Mrs George Davies); Miss Murray (1918) Mansfield: Alice Maclenan (1914) North East: District Organiser Harriet Fawcett; Miss C.M. Ellis (later Lewcock) (1917); Miss Mathews (1917); Mrs Boak (1917); Dorothy Jewson (1917); Mr Dryden (1917); Miss Neeme (1918); Mrs Platt Nottingham: Miss Peters (1912); Mrs Johnson (1918); Miss Scott (1918) Scotland: Agnes Brown (1911); Kate Maclean (1911– 14); Kate McIntosh (resigned 1914 to be married); Miss Mellor (resigned as Scottish Secretary 1914); Miss Lois CP Young (Scottish Secretary 1914); Miss Agnes Young (Assistant Scottish Secretary 1914); Nancy Adam (1917– 21); Miss MacGregor (1917); Miss Quin (1917); Miss Innes (1919); Miss Jenny Alexander (1919) Sheffield and the North of England: Miss Helena Airey (1914); Mrs G Wilkinson (1917) Willenhall: Mrs Hunter (1920) Appendix 1 171 Pre- war Federation organising: Mrs Pete Curran, Esther Dicks (became Mrs Young 1910), Miss Hickling, Barbara Keen, Susan Lawrence, Mrs Annie Lowin, Mrs Annie Marland-Brodie, Marion Phillips, Ada Nield Chew, Sophy Sanger, Julia Varley, Jessie Ward, Miss Windsor Organisers and staff whose permanent work locations (if any) remain unclear or who worked in various locations: M. Baldwin (based in Head Office), Amy Barker, Miss Baxter, Miss Berne, Miss Bibby, Miss Bromhall, Miss Bulmer, Miss Cole, Miss Cutlack, Mr Dryden, Miss Ferne, Mrs Flattery, Miss Elizabeth Glen (earlier association with the National Association of Telephone Operators), Mrs Hayes, Miss Jones, Miss Kelman, Mrs Kennedy, F.M. Lees, Mrs Pretty, Mrs Reeves, Mrs Rogers, Helen Stock, Mrs Koster, Miss Burfoot, Miss Lister, Miss McDermid, Miss Russell, Miss Walton, Miss Woodhead, Miss Wragg (including Nottinghamshire and Hull) Appendix 2: Federation Branches This is not a comprehensive list but is included here to encourage and facilitate further research. Dates indicate the years of establishment and/or known branch existence but do not necessarily imply that there was no branch in the interven- ing or subsequent years. Entries include trades or firms in which the Federation organised, where these are known, as well as branch personnel and/or rank and file members and dates of association. Branches that transferred to the NUGW or merged with an existing NUGW branch are marked with*. Evidence is drawn from the range of primary sources and newspapers listed in the bibliography. London Abbey Wood 1916, 1917, Miss E. Thomas. Munitions *Acton 1912– 19, 1913, Secretary Miss Archer. 1916 Branch Secretary Miss Romayne. 1919 Secretary Mrs Goode. Branch chairman Mrs Radcliffe. 1920 Secretary Mrs Searle. Laundry, Aircraft, Wilkinson Sword Acton and Hammersmith 1919 laundry Aldgate 1917, Secretary Miss E. Hyde, Collector Mrs Sheppy *Barking 1914– 15 mineral water factory, Indian Rubber goods. 2 branches 1914 Secretaries Miss Franks, Miss A. Stokes, 1916 Secretary A. Stokes *Battersea 1916, Officials Miss Deits, Miss Dean. Battersea Projectile branch 1918 Secretary Miss H. Bridault. 1920 Phillips Mill *Bermondsey 1911 tin box makers, jam makers, confectioners. 1913 secretary Miss W. Cole, 1914 2 branches, Miss Leary, Miss Newman, 1915 Miss Bathe. 1918 Hepburn, Gale & Ross. 1919 Secretary Miss Jessie Stephen Blackheath 1916 nut and bolt trade Blackwall 1911 sack makers *Borough 1914 rag picking. Secretary 1914 Miss Stanton, 1915 Miss M. Nicholls. 1918– 20. Messrs Haywood *Brentford 1921 Brixton 1916 Moffat Institute Branch Secretary, Miss Handford. Laundry *Brook Green 1917– 21, Collectors, Miss Gladys Ward, capping room, Miss Budd, winding room, Mrs Gyford, sealing room. 1918– 20 Honorary Secretary Miss Winifred Goldfinch Camberwell 1914 button holers. 1914 secretary Miss Challis. 1920 *Camden Town 1911 Idris and Co, Soda Water Manufacturer. President Annie Lowin 172 Appendix 2 173 *Central London 1908 dressmakers (formerly London Dressmakers), President Miss Rosa Hillary. 1917. Secretary Alice Horan. 1919 district office and meeting rooms 7 Featherstone Buildings near Chancery Lane. 1920 button makers Chadwell Heath 1919 Sadgrove Aircraft Company *Charlton 1915 Messrs Siemens. 1915 Secretary Miss E.M. Shorter. 1916 braiding and rubber departments of Siemens. 1917 Collector Mrs Felstead Chelsea and District 1917– 18 Chiswick 1914– 15 Cherry Blossom Boot Polish Factory (tin shop). 1914 secretary Miss Arnold. 1917 revived by Miss Gibson. 1918 Gwynnes *City of London 1912– 15 amalgamation of several branches, including Fulham and Hackney. 1915 secretary Miss L. Hulland 1917–18 Downbee & Sons, West India Dock Road. Secretary Miss O’Grady. 1919 umbrella makers Clapham Common 1919 Laundry Clapton and Hackney 1920 Laundry Clerkenwell 1907, Secretary Miss Louisa Hedges. Formerly Dressmakers Union. Honorary Secretary Miss Hillary. 1911 Confectioners (Murray). 1913 secretary Miss E. Cooke *Crayford 1916, Secretary M. Hocking. Vickers (munitions) *Cricklewood 1916 munitions, aircraft. 1917, Handley Page. President Miss Taylor, Vice President Miss Manning, Secretary Miss Kilburn, Assistant Secretary Miss Hopkins, Treasurer Mr Franklin, Collector Miss Shepherd, Shop Stewards Miss Billingham, Miss Collins Croydon 1918 Waddon’s. Canteen workers *Croydon (East) 1916– 17 Creed & Bille’s. 1918 Secretary Miss Hardy, member Miss Oakley. Fuller’s, Brighton Road *Cubitt Town 1915– 17. 1915 Secretary Miss Gildred, Miss Machie. 1919 Secretary Miss Coombes. Collectors Miss Stark, Miss Pidgeon Dagenham 1915– 16 Sterling Telephone Works. 1915 Secretary Miss Cutts. President Ada Warters, Secretary Mrs Campbell, Treasurer Mrs Errington. 1918 Dagenham Dock. 1918 Secretary Mrs Perryman, Shop Steward Miss Godfrey. 1919 disbanded Dartford 1915, Secretary Miss B. Cook *Deptford 1914– 15 tin box industry, several branches. 1914 secretaries Miss M. Willing, Miss L. Ashwin, Miss L. Carter. 1918– 19. District office 364 Evelyn Street. Resignation of Mrs Macallister as Secretary. Shop Steward Miss Sanders. 1920 Secretaries Mrs Burke, D. Batho. Laundry East End 1914 Messrs J. Walker,