page_title: General Council of the Trades Union Congress
section_title: Group 19: Women Workers
hierarchical_section_title: General Council of the Trades Union Congress / History / 1921 to 1983 / Group 19: Women Workers
caption_attribution_description: English: Trade unionist and suffragette Julia Varley.
context_page_description: The General Council of the Trades Union Congress is an elected body which is responsible for carrying out the policies agreed at the annual British Trade Union Congresses.
context_section_description: In 1921, the Women's Trade Union League became the Women's Section of the TUC, and most women's trade unions merged into their counterparts.  In exchange, the TUC agreed to create a two-member group, to ensure that women workers had representation on the council.  The group was originally numbered 18, and was renumbered on the creation of the Civil Servants Group.
  The group was expanded to five seats in 1981.
caption: Julia Varley, member from 1921 to 1925, and 1926 to 1935
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