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The Co-operative Women's Guild, founded in 1883, was an auxiliary organisation of the co-operative movement in the United Kingdom that promoted women in co-operative structures and provided social and other services to its members. It was known for the eugenics advocacy of its members.
In the early 1960s, she joined the Craigmillar Branch of Scottish Co-operative Women’s Guild (SCWG) and Hutchison discovered that the Guild offered great opportunities for working women which were not available anywhere else at the time. [1] She attended business classes run by the SCWG.
In 1894, she married Alfred Barton, a librarian and active anarchist at the time, and the two moved to Sheffield. [2] Both became heavily involved in the local socialist and co-operative movements; Eleanor joined the Brightside and Carbrook Co-operative's Women's Co-operative Guild, and became secretary of its Hillsborough branch, then serving in succession on the district, Yorkshire and ...
In the late 1960s the Co-op movement entered a new phase with Food cooperatives and Food Conspiracies as an alternative to corporate agriculture that linked organic farmers to urban consumers. The co-operative model has a long history in the U.S., including a factory in the 1790s, the Knights of Labor, and the Grange. [17]
The British co-operative movement is most commonly associated with The Co-operative brand (best known for its supermarket and Funeralcare brands) which has been adopted by several large consumers' co-operative societies; however, there are many thousands of registered co-operative businesses operating in the UK. [3]
Funding and opportunities from government and other institutions may be limited depending on how cooperatives label themselves (“agricultural co-op” versus “women’s co-op,” for example). [23] Women's cooperatives are sometimes dismissed as radical political groups, especially if the organization is new.
The Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op and formerly known as the Co-operative Wholesale Society, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses, including grocery retail and wholesale, legal services, funerals and insurance, and social enterprise.