[1] It was the first UK twentieth century pressure group to focus on the rights of housewives via the goal of legal and economic equality for spouses, and the consideration of undervalued childcare and work done in the home with its resultant financial consequences for women after divorce.
[6] The association held public meetings, debates, social activities, lobbied members of parliament and published the newsletters Wife and Citizen from 1945 to 1951 and The Married Women's Association Newsletter from 1966 to 1987.
Prominent members included Vera Brittain, Juanita Frances, Doreen Gorsky, Helena Normanton, Hazel Hunkins Hallinan[7] and Lady Helen Nutting.
[6] The quietly persistent tactics used by the MWA, that gradually changed the conversation around, for example, property holdings within marriage, and which were used in the face of press and public derision and ridicule, are being considered see if lessons may be learned by current activists.
[9] A history of the MWA, drawing on extensive archival and empirical research, and treating the tactics and personalities involved in the association was published in 2022.