ABSTRACT
In 1922 Nurse Daniels was dismissed by Edmonton District Council for the offence of distributing birth control information. In the House of Commons, supporters of birth control bombarded successive Ministers of Health with questions, deputations and petitions requesting that the ruling be reversed. Events in Parliament were more than matched by constant activity throughout Britain. Local authorities were targeted with letters, petitions and deputations asking them to take initiatives which might aid the birth control campaign. At the 1924 Annual Conference of Labour Women a special unofficial conference on birth control was held. Two hundred delegates attended and formed the Workers Birth Control Group (WBCG). Membership was open to men and women members of the Labour Party and affiliated bodies and members of the Co-operative Guild. Many members of the WBCG were committed socialists, a considerable number being members of the Independent Labour Party (ILP) which adopted a positive attitude towards women's issues.
