TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘The Women's Branch of the Commonwealth Relations Office’
T2 - the Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women and the long life of empire migration
AU - Smith, Jean
PY - 2016/7/3
Y1 - 2016/7/3
N2 - ABSTRACT: This article concerns the Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women from its formation in 1919 to its closure in 1964 upon the withdrawal of the Treasury grant that provided the bulk of its funding. Describing the imperial network of voluntary organisations and migrants, through which the Society operated, it shows continuity in its activities, geographical remit and personnel from the interwar period despite efforts, especially by the 1960s, to reframe the Society's imperial mission with the rhetoric of Commonwealth and development. It highlights the persistence of imperial institutions and networks after the Second World War.
AB - ABSTRACT: This article concerns the Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women from its formation in 1919 to its closure in 1964 upon the withdrawal of the Treasury grant that provided the bulk of its funding. Describing the imperial network of voluntary organisations and migrants, through which the Society operated, it shows continuity in its activities, geographical remit and personnel from the interwar period despite efforts, especially by the 1960s, to reframe the Society's imperial mission with the rhetoric of Commonwealth and development. It highlights the persistence of imperial institutions and networks after the Second World War.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84961392367&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09612025.2015.1114325
DO - 10.1080/09612025.2015.1114325
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84961392367
SN - 0961-2025
VL - 25
SP - 520
EP - 535
JO - Women's History Review
JF - Women's History Review
IS - 4
ER -