[G. Lieben, Hon.Sec.; The Women Shoppers' League [U.K.]; Cinema; PTA] Autograph Letter Signed Gartrude Lieben (late of Sydenham C.S.S. to [Chetwynd] Palmer campaigning to prevent children seeing films intended only for adults.

One page, 4to, fold marks, good condition. I remember that once, when at a P.T.A. meeting we passed a resolution - I think it was about the need for stricter supervision to prevent children going to Cinemas shopwing films intended only for adults, to make this protest more effective you undertook to circularise other P.T.A.'s. | Now we are very anxious to get into touch with as many such associations as possible. I applied to the Secretary of the London Regional Home School Council & asked if they could furnish me with a list. They replied that it was impossible as the number was too great. | I wonder if you could help me? I should be intensely grateful [...]. On the reverse a pencil drawing and some nortes oif no obvious relevance to the the letter. Note: A. The American equivalent gets much more attention on Google, but Warwick University Archive has an anti-Nazi leaflet distributed by The Women Shoppers' League (c.1936) and the National Archives have a Note from Miss G. Lieben; leaflet and ticket for a meeting in Grosvenor Gardens Club.; B. [...] the League of Women Shoppers. The League was active from 1935 until 1949, when Red-Baiting forced the organization to disband. The League was a middle-class, feminist ally for labor, as its members used their privilege to highlight workers' struggles. Members recognized that because women did the majority of shopping, they wielded considerable influence. Through its slogan, Use your buying power for justice, the League sought to mobilize middle-class and wealthy women as socially active consumers, reaching a membership of 25,000 in cities as diverse as San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Atlanta.