Cambridge District Scout Archive
In the late 1940’s W T Thurbon, District Secretary, compiled a list of the reasons given for women resigning form leadership roles, presumably on the return of warrant.
| Left | 13 |
| Difficult GSM | 2 |
| Health | 3 |
| Domestic | 3 |
| Marriage | 7 |
| Distance | 1 |
| Pack closed down | 2 |
- Those getting married did so at the ages of 21, 23, 24, 29, 29, 29 and 33.
- Those quoting ‘Domestic’ were a bookbinder, a secretary and a housewife of ?30, 30 and 30.
- Those with a ‘difficult GSM’ had completed 1 and 2 years of service.
Pregnancy is not clearly either ‘domestic’ or ‘marriage’ or ‘left’, but we can assume it fell into one of these categories.
In the list, below, he used a separate set of divisions of occupations to that given in his compilation of Occupations past and present.
- Consultant 1
- Bank 1
- Typist 1
- Nurses 3
- Medical auxiliaries 2
- Traveller 1
- Factory 1
- Teacher 2
- Horticulture 1
- Bookbinder 1
- Clerk 4
- Gardener 1
- Youth Leader? 1
- Housewife 5
- Student 2
- Agriculture 1
- Secretary 2
- Civil Service 1
No conclusions from this compilation remain in the archives, nor have I yet come across any actions that may have stemmed from the results.
See also See Leaders: Occupations
JWR Archivist June 2019
Cambridge District Scout Archive 