Corporate Open DS/UK/1389 The London Social Credit Club; fl 1930s; English movement to abolish poverty The London Social Credit Club fl 1930s English movement to abolish poverty

Movement; Economics / Women The London Social Credit Club was a political movement during the inter-war years, based on the ideas of Major C.H. Douglas. It was designed to abolish poverty and proposed the payment of a national dividend. The London branch was based at Caxton Street, SW1 but brances of the movement grew in Birmingham, Cardiff, Belfast, Manchester, London, Aberdeen, Oxford, Dublin and Glasgow. The movement was particulary popular with women as The Social Credit Movement articulated a clear and unequivocal commitment to economic security for women to be achieved through the establishment of equal treatment of women and men in waged employment. It was influenced by the success of the movement in Alberta, Canada. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 8/31/2012 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 30d1bac5-41a7-4e65-80c3-99f876d7a739