Association of Assistant Mistresses

The Association of Assistant Mistresses (AAM) was a trade union representing female teachers in British secondary schools.

Association of Assistant Mistresses
Founded1884
Date dissolved1978
Merged intoAssistant Masters' and Mistresses' Association
Members39,000 (1978)
AffiliationWCOTP
Office location29 Gordon Square, London
CountryUnited Kingdom

The union was founded in 1884 as the Association of Assistant Mistresses in Secondary Schools Incorporated, the last part of the name later being dropped. Membership of the union grew steadily, reaching 1,000 in 1910, and 39,000 in 1978. That year, single sex unions were banned, and the AAM accordingly merged with the Assistant Masters' Association, forming the Assistant Masters' and Mistresses' Association.[1]

General Secretaries

M. Quarrier Hogg
1921: U. Gordon Wilson
c.1943: O. M. Hastings
1960: Sheila Wood

References

  1. Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria (1980). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. 1. Farnborough: Gower. p. 11. ISBN 0566021609.
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