The CCC began in 1935 after one woman, writing under the pen name "Ubique," wrote the following cry for help into the motherhood magazine the Nursery World.
Mothers from all over the country replied to Ubique’s letter, expressing that they too were struggling with similar feelings of boredom and loneliness.
Alongside this was enormous societal pressure for women to be in the home and to spend their time working hard to be “ideal” housewives and mothers.
This was also a difficult time for middle class women in the UK because they were the first generation who chose to move away from their family homes to start their married life.
[4] Although this was their preference, it meant that the women did not have their mothers or grandmothers near them (as previous generations had) so they had limited support with raising their families.
All of these circumstances resulted in many well educated, bright women, like those in the CCC, who were relegated to the home feeling generally dissatisfied and lacking intellectual stimulation and adult companionship.
When they got together in 1935, every member of the CCC agreed to write an article, fortnightly, using a nom de plume, and mail it to the editor, who would compile all of the contributions and hand-stitch them together in a decorative linen cover.
The editor would mail the completed magazine to the first woman on a pre-arranged list, who had a set amount of time to read it and to respond to the articles by commenting directly on the pages.