Women's Co-operative Guild Certificate
A membership certificate issued by the Women's Co-operative Guild to a Mrs. Biggs, March 1933. The Guild was founded in 1883 to educate women in the principles and practises of Co-operation and to work for the improvement of the status of women, particularly for working-class women. The illustration by Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) resulted from a commission in 1908 from the Guild's Central Committee for a membership card. The image was known as The Woman with the Basket'. Presented to Mrs. Biggs, from her fellow Guilds women of the Chiswick Branch. March 13th 1933
Picture No
10825215
Media ID
44898579
Size
2926px x 4437px
(2.9MB)
Credit
(c) The March of the Women Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Please contact Mary Evans before use. Artists Copyright must also be cleared
Source
Original certificate
Date
1933
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