Example sentences of "[noun pl] of the women [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Volunteers can also be contacted sometimes through the local authority social services department , and the local branches of the Women 's Royal Voluntary Services , the National Council of Social Services , Age Concern ( Old People 's Welfare ) and the National Council for the Single Woman and her Dependants , whose addresses can all be found in the telephone directory or at the Public library . |
| 2 | Mary Alston , one of the mainstays of the women 's union in the 1920s , had to care during this time for a sick sister , who was in and out of a nursing home ; much later , in the 1940s , she had to give up work for a while to care for her mother . |
| 3 | Just as the slightest of doubts about him crossed my mind — perhaps during one of his endless lists of the women 's sexual problems — he would throw in a sensible remark about the funding of the National Health Service , or the small amount of time GPs can offer patients , and recovered his credibility . |
| 4 | It 's very important that you keep your international stance — but to also keep up to date on the more traditional demands of the women 's movement is important too . |
| 5 | Connie September , treasurer of the South African Clothing and Textile Workers ' Union , on the demands of the Women 's League . |
| 6 | In those early stages , support workers , who were highly motivated to give Elizabeth and Helen a ‘ better life ’ , felt that the demands of the women 's physical needs , together with Elizabeth 's state of mind , undermined hopes for their social progress . |
| 7 | The demands of the women 's movement in Britain seem overwhelmingly concerned with women who want to avoid having or caring for children , either full-time or at all ( e.g. abortion and contraception , day-care centres , rights in paid employment ) . |
| 8 | And why is it that not one of the seven demands of the women 's movement specifically addresses questions of housing ? |
| 9 | Organized exclusively by women , it quickly became a symbol not only of peace but also of the values of the women 's movement . |
| 10 | The non-radical and less aggressive values of the women 's movement , second phase , fitted well with the ‘ Laura Ashley ’ style . |
| 11 | Robyn thinks she must be in Angleside , because the faces of the people slithering on the pavements or huddled miserably at bus-stops are mostly swarthy and dark-eyed , and the bright silks of saris , splashed with mud , gleam beneath the hems of the women 's drab topcoats . |
| 12 | By the late 1920s the activities of birth control groups ensured that the matter was openly discussed , the matter being almost a compulsory subject for discussion in the local meetings of the Women 's Section of the Labour Party . |
| 13 | In this way , some of the concerns of the women 's movement gained a more public stage . |
| 14 | The main concerns of the women 's movement at that time — job opportunities , pay , childcare , education and reproductive rights — were familiar topics of discussion and there was a sense in which ideas and attitudes were settling and.shifting into more enlightened grooves . |
| 15 | Of course , many workers in adult education are also feminists — they may be the anti-sexist male variety — but on the whole they are women who want adult education to respond to the concerns of the women 's movement . |
| 16 | Radiographs of the women 's lateral thoracic and lumbar spine were taken in a standardised manner . |
| 17 | All kinds of difficult questions began to be asked and in the early heady days of the women 's movement the body came in for close scrutiny . |
| 18 | I was involved in opposing the Vietnam War , began to write for a left newspaper , Black Dwarf and became part of the beginnings of the women 's liberation movement . |
| 19 | This was too much even for men still undisturbed by the first stirrings of the women 's movement . |
| 20 | During the first years of the women 's life in the community , the full-time team of health authority support workers has been regularly understaffed , with temporary cover being provided by a private nursing agency . |
| 21 | Ann , in the twenty one years of the women 's movement has there been any real progress for women ? |
| 22 | In Canada , the aims of the women 's pressure groups which played a major role in bringing about reforming legislation , have been described as follows : |
| 23 | The two women named by the local press as leading lights of the women 's union — Jean Symonds and Amelia McLean — both worked at Skinners , a firm employing 19 women and 7 men in its composing room . |
| 24 | The notable successes of the women 's branch under Anderson 's leadership , particularly women inspectors ' ‘ substitution ’ for men inspectors during World War I , paradoxically led to the demise of the women 's branch in 1921 , when women and men inspectors were ‘ fused ’ into an integrated inspectorate . |
| 25 | Organisers of the Women 's Festival are looking for the woman who has done most for the welfare , health or quality of life of women in the town in the last year . |
| 26 | These findings are reminiscent of the self-reported morbid conditions of the Women 's Cooperative Guild members published in 1915 . |
| 27 | Simultaneously , close links were formed with the Women 's Trade Union League to promote trade unionism , and launch inquiries under the auspices of the Women 's Industrial Council into conditions of female employment . |
| 28 | Even the agitations of the women 's movement would have warranted little more than a raised eyebrow from a lass in a Salvation Army bonnet that had to be strong enough to protect the head of the wearer from brick bats and other missiles . |
| 29 | In the bright sunshine each September in central Africa , the ngwazi ( conqueror ) Dr Kamuzu Banda , Life President and over eighty years old , has addressed 20,000 members of the women 's federation of Malawi for no less than three hours . |
| 30 | Members of the Women 's Patriotic Association — originally set up by the wife of the Chinese army general as a pro-Beijing front — gathered on March 12 . |