The Union of Women Teachers (UWT) was a trade union for female teachers in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1909 by the merger of the Women Teachers' Franchise Union with the London Mistresses Association. In 1976, when single-sex unions were outlawed, it merged with the National Association of Schoolmasters and the Scottish Schoolmasters' Association to form the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers.
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