| Description | This letter was sent to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury by a conference delegate thanking Elizabeth and her husband George Cadbury for their hospitality and for allowing delegates 'the privilege of seeing Bournville'. [Montefirrer] writes that she had been particularly intrigued by the initiatives which the Cadbury Firm had implemented for their female workforce, remarking on her 'delight' at seeing 'your happy girls & all the means you have adopted for their welfare'. Reflecting Bournville's wider influence, [Montefirrer] writes 'I hope that others may now be inspired to copy your charming village', remarking on the presence of 'model cottages, Chapel, schools & almshouses' in Bournville.
The letter concludes by congratulating Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury on being elected President of the National Union of Women Workers for 1906. |