File 40 - Indian Franchise Committee 11 'References, Questionnaire etc.'

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A summary of the more salient facts respecting the status and conditions of Indian women and of some of the proposals for improving and safe-guarding their well-being [incomplete] by the Hon. Mary Pickford, Who's Who of IFC and six of the Provincial Franchise Committees, Indian constitutional reform: memo on policy the Council of the European Association, draft constitution of the Indian Trades Union Federation, summary of proceedings of the Round Table Conference 2-7 1931, Third Report of the Federal Structure Sub-Committee to Round Table Conference No 1931, statement by the Prime Minister, J. Ramsay MacDonald, at the conclusion of the Second Session of the Round Table Conference 1 Dec 1931 (Command Paper 3972), copy letter from Prime Minister to Marquess of Lothian communicating H.M. Government's wishes regarding work of Franchise Committee, notes by J.G. Laithwaite giving population of major Indian provinces and percentage of rural and urban voters to total population of Provincial Legislative Council [two versions], three copies of IFC Questionnaire, two with additional questions on extension of franchise, memo on village panchayats, notes on electoral systems of Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and Palestine, memo on women's franchise submitted to IFC by National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship, precis of proceedings of IFC meetings 1 Feb 1932-4 March 1932, note by Miss Eleanor Rathbone giving her impressions on women's franchise and political status, copy telegram from Secretary of State for India to the Viceroy soliciting views of Provincial Governments on size of Provincial Legislatures and allied matters, with copy reply from the Punjab