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Papers on women in Uganda
| Title |
Papers on women in Uganda |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/RCMS 166
(former reference: MSS 45) |
| Creator |
Bell, Jane, fl 1952-1981 |
| Covering Dates |
1961–1981 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 envelope; paper; Mixed |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Jane Bell M.B.E. lived in Uganda from 1952 to 1961 where her husband, Christopher Richard Vincent Bell (b. 1911), was successively Deputy Director and, from 1958, Director of Education. Jane Bell was interested in the status and education of women, and was Chairman of the Further Education Sub-Committee of the Uganda Council of Women.
Three papers regarding Ugandan women and correspondence regarding the Bell photographs presented to the R.C.S.
Presented by Jane Bell, January 1981.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Papers on women in Uganda, RCMS 166 |
| Further information |
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'Further education for the women of Uganda' in 'African women', vol. IV, 1962, pp. 73-77, is an abridged version of RCMS 166/1.
The R.C.S. Photograph Collection includes 39 prints and 49 negatives presented by Jane Bell, which were used at an exhibition at the conference 'Uganda women look ahead'.
MSS Addenda, vol. II. Indexed
This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Uganda |
| Bell, Jane (fl 1952-1981) |
| Bell, Christopher Richard Vincent (b 1911) |
| RCS/RCMS 166 contains: |
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Education for leadership, further education for the women of Uganda. An early draft for the English for Adult Women Project, which received funding from U.N.E.S.C.O. through the sponsorship of the Associated Countrywomen of the World.
36 pages; Manuscript. |
1961 |
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Uganda women look ahead. A typescript paper based on a conference held in Kampala in August 1961 incorporating some of the words of the speakers, 20 pages, 1961. There is an accompanying note by Jane Bell, 1981.
21 pages; Mixed. |
1961–1981 |
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African women face the modern world. An address given by Jane Bell to the Annual Meeting of the British Federation of University Women, 13 July 1963.
6 pages; Typewritten. |
1963 |
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Correspondence with D.H. Simpson. Letters concerning Jane Bell's donation of photographs to the Royal Commonwealth Society.
8 pages; Mixed. |
8 Nov. 1980–15 Jan. 1981 |
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