[1] In 1928 all women over the age of 21 were given the vote as a result of the Equal Franchise Act irrespective of their property, education or previous interests.
The following year the idea of urban Guilds was launched by Margery Corbett Ashby, for women to meet and learn about citizenship and how to use the vote.
[1] 1948 saw reorganisation when Mary Courtney was elected as a new national secretary by a group who disapproved of Franklin and Horton's leadership style.
Horton realised this “distressing statement” required a reaction and she wrote to Irene Ward, Barbara Castle and Liberal politician Jo Grimond asking that they raise this in parliament.
Irene Ward raised the matter on 2 August pointing out that Gaitskell had "caused great resentment and bitterness" with his "unfair and inaccurate” claims.
The first page was signed by Irene Ward, Muriel Pierotti, Ethel Watts, Philippa Strachey and Horton.
[7] Horton talks about the operations of the NUSEC and NUTG, and about a number of prominent figures in the women's movement, including Alice Franklin, Pippa Strachey and Ethel Watts.