Women's Outlook Magazine

Women's Outlook was a magazine published by the Co-operative Press.

This is one of our most frequently requested records

Its print run from 1919 to 1967 covered the following topics.

Household hints and tips

Family life and advice

Children and Teenagers

Health and Beauty

Co-operative propaganda

Fictional stories

Debates on legislation

Investigative reports

Psychology

Competitions and correspondence

The magazine is a useful social and political history record of the modern period as well as offering a view on design and style in the 20th Century.

25th Anniversary of International Co-operative Identity

September 21st and 22nd marks the 25th anniversary of the International Statement of Co-operative Identity
Co-operative transport throughout the years

Clare from our Collections department tells us about the development of transport within the co-operative movement over the past 175 years.
Archiving at arms length

Discover how the Co-operative Heritage Trust remotely recruited archival volunteers and embarked on a programme of digitisation during the Covid-19 crisis. Try your hand at some transcription yourself.
The British Co-op and the World 3: The CWS ‘Down Under’ Part One – Australia

Co-operative historian Tony Webster explores the development of co-operation in Australia in the 20th Century, and the involvement of the Co-operative Wholesale Society.