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Womens Institute Collection

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: Views and crafts of Buckinghamshire, Womens Institute banner design, 1937, (1943)

Views and crafts of Buckinghamshire, Womens Institute banner design, 1937, (1943). Page painted by a member of a Buckinghamshire Womens Institute

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: Digging and Planting, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Digging and Planting, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Digging and Planting, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: Fruit Bottling, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Fruit Bottling, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Fruit Bottling, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: Cottages by the Village Pond, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Cottages by the Village Pond, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Cottages by the Village Pond, 1943. British rural scene with ducks. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: Women's Institute Market Stall, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Women's Institute Market Stall, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Women's Institute Market Stall, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: A Mobile Canning Van Given By the U.S.A. 1943. Creator: Unknown

A Mobile Canning Van Given By the U.S.A. 1943. Creator: Unknown
A Mobile Canning Van Given By the U.S.A. 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: Evacuated Children with their Teacher, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Evacuated Children with their Teacher, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Evacuated Children with their Teacher, 1943. Scene from the Second World War: British evacuees in the countryside. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: Children Leaving London for the Country, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Children Leaving London for the Country, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Children Leaving London for the Country, 1943. British evacuees escape bombs during the Second World War. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: School Dinner for Evacuated Children, 1943. Creator: Unknown

School Dinner for Evacuated Children, 1943. Creator: Unknown
School Dinner for Evacuated Children, 1943. Scene from the Second World War: British evacuees are fed. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: Preparing Fruit for Jam-Making, September 1941, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Preparing Fruit for Jam-Making, September 1941, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Preparing Fruit for Jam-Making, September 1941, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: A Canning Demonstration at a Women's Institute Meeting, 1943. Creator: Unknown

A Canning Demonstration at a Women's Institute Meeting, 1943. Creator: Unknown
A Canning Demonstration at a Women's Institute Meeting, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: Spindle-Spinning Wool Gathered from the Hedges, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Spindle-Spinning Wool Gathered from the Hedges, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Spindle-Spinning Wool Gathered from the Hedges, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: Thrift rug, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Thrift rug, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Thrift rug, 1943. Made from vegetable dyed woollen scraps by a member of a Shropshire Institute. Woven rug made from recycled materials during the Second World War

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: Patchwork quilt, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Patchwork quilt, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Patchwork quilt, 1943. Made by a member of a Yorkshire Institute. The Womens Institute (WI) was formed in Britain 1915 to revitalise rural communities

Background imageWomens Institute Collection: A group of women receive a lesson in boot repairing, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist

A group of women receive a lesson in boot repairing, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist
A group of women receive a lesson in boot repairing, World War I, c1914-c1918. A cobbler showing women how to repair boots at Scaynes Hill Womens Insititute, Sussex


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