With unemployment rising steeply in 1920, an expanded Unemployment Insurance Act was introduced. A campaign for equalisation of men's and women's benefits under the Act was rejected. Moreover, women were refused benefit if they rejected work in domestic service. The National Federation of Women Workers (NFWW) set up its own unemployment benefit scheme, offering 18 shillings per week instead of 12 shillings under the Government scheme.

This photograph shows the NFWW banner designed by Walter Crane

Title	National Federation of Women Workers Unemployment Benefit Demonstration, 1920
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Production Date	1920
Format	Photograph
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Holding Institution	TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University
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