The file comprises nearly one hundred pamphlets and leaflets published by the Communist Party, the Labour Party and Trade Unions, relating mainly to Communist policy, employment, trade unions, equal opportunities, and the economy.

The file consists of printed items - leaflets, policy statements, reports, issues of journals - on the general theme of women's rights and women's issues.

The file comprises miscellaneous, stray, mainly printed, items assembled by Eirene White on the employment of women workers in Britain, women's suffrage, the role of women in the trades unions, etc.

The file contains press releases, memoranda, reports and circulars relating to the Labour Party's policies towards women and women's issues. It includes material on women's safety, homelessness, the selection of women candidates for the 1997 general election, bridging the gender gap, and women in public appointments.