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November 1929: The Tomlin Commission was established to...

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November 1929

The Tomlin Commission was established to consider issues of pay and employment opportunities in the BritishCivil Service .
Evans, Dorothy. Women and the Civil Service. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1934.
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Martindale, Hilda. Women Servants of the State, 1870-1938: A History of Women in the Civil Service. G. Allen and Unwin , 1938.
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26 July 1945: The postwar general election put the Labour...

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26 July 1945

The postwar general election put the Labour Party in power with a landslide victory. Clement Attlee became Prime Minister; prominent in his Cabinet were Herbert Morrison , Ernest Bevin , Hugh Dalton , and Sir...

Later 1946: The prohibition of married women in the British...

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Later 1946

The prohibition of married women in the BritishCivil Service formally ended, although it had ended in practice during the wars.
Grint, Keith. “Women and Equality: The Acquisition of Equal Pay in the Post Office, 1870-1961”. Sociology, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1988, pp. 87-108.
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October 1955: Evelyn Adelaide Sharp (later a baroness;...

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October 1955

Evelyn Adelaide Sharp (later a baroness; not to be confused with suffragist and writer Evelyn Sharp ) was named head of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government , becoming the first woman Permanent Secretary...

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