NATIONAL UNION of TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD (NUTG) - a vintage membership badge in pristine condition (1930's - 1950's)

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For sale is a vintage enamelled badge of the National Union of Townswomen’s Guilds (NUTG) and shows the Townswomen’s Guild monogram along with a wreath incorporating the emblems of England, Scotland and Wales. This also included Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. The badge also displays the NUTG colours of red, green and white which were also the colours of the women’s suffrage movement. The REG NO. 750257 on the reverse is a British patent registration number relating to the year this design of badge was registered (1929). The Thomas Fattorini maker’s mark, also on the reverse side, was in use between 1933 to 1961.

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DESCRIPTION:
Size: about 29/32" diameter (23mm).
Material(s): brass metal.
Finish: gilt plated.
Fitting: pin.
Imprint: THOMAS FATTORINI LTD REGENT ST
BIRMINGHAM.
Approximate age: early 1930's to 1950's.

CONDITION:
Excellent condition, pristine with full gilt. Pin in working order.
Please see photograph(s), these form part of the description.

The National Union of Townwomen's Guild (NUTG):

The NUTG (renamed the Townswomen’s Guild in 1989) is a UK-wide network of women’s social clubs founded in 1929 by Dame Margery Corbett-Ashby (1882-1981) and Eva Hubback (1886-1949). By 1930 there already twenty guilds that were affiliated to the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship (NUSEC). By 1932, the NUSEC had dropped their political activities after universal suffrage had been achieved and soon after, the name National Union of Townswomen’s Guilds had been adopted. The suffrage movement was a major influence on the NUTG in its early days and the NUTG adopted the suffrage campaign colours of red, white and green, as used on this badge.

Both Dame Corbett-Ashby and Eva Hubback were very active in the women’s suffrage movement and life-long supporters of equal opportunities for women. In 1907 Corbett-Ashby became Secretary of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and was very active in the suffrage movement both within Britain and internationally. These influences fed into the newly formed NUTG.

Today, the Townswomen’s Guild (TG) is a UK-wide network of women’s social clubs (guilds) that are involved in a wide range of activities. A Guild is a single club and these are organised into TG Federations, being a grouping of local Guilds. The TG is also organised on a national level through conferences and national events. The TG guilds meet mainly monthly, and their programmes include speakers, demonstrations, social activities and outings. TG members also get involved in charitable events, International Women's Day, sports, creative leisure activities, competitions and exhibitions. The TG has around 10,200 subscribing members (as per 2023 Annual Report p.7) and the organisation is closely aligned to other women’s national organisations such as the British Federation of Women’s Graduates, Business and Professional Women, National Council of Women, National Federation of Women’s Institutes and the Soroptimists International GB.

https://www.the-tg.com/what-we-do (Townswomen’s Guild webpage - “what we do”).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townswomen%27s_Guild

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