| AdminHistory | The National Union of Women Workers (renamed the National Council of Women in 1918) was founded in 1895 forming an organisation through which female philanthropists could debate and co-ordinate public efforts to improve the working and living conditions of women. Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury joined the Union in 1896, serving as Honorary Treasurer from 1898 and then as President from 1906-1907. The National Union, which was chiefly concerned with issues relating to housing, education and industrial welfare, comprised a number of regional branches and held a national conference each year. Taylor Cadbury was involved in the work of both the Birmingham and Malvern branches of the Union, acting as Vice-President and also as President of the Birmingham Branch during the early twentieth century. In 1905 she assisted in the organisation of the Union's annual conference which was held in Birmingham, co-ordinating a visit to Bournville which enabled delegates to experience the reforms in working and living conditions implemented in the suburb. Taylor Cadbury was also closely involved with the International Council of Women which was formed in 1888. The National Union of Women Workers established a Peace and International Relations Committee (also known as the Peace & Arbitration Sub-Committee) in June 1914, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War. Taylor Cadbury was appointed Convenor of this Committee and was also elected Convenor of the International Council of Women's Peace & Arbitration Sub-Committee during the same year. In 1936 Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury represented the British delegation of the International Council of Women at the World Congress of the International Council held in India. |