In July 1888, fourteen hundred women and girls employed by the matchmakers Bryant and May walked out of their East End factory and into the history books. The author gives us a challenging new interpretation of events proving that the women themselves, not celebrity socialists like Annie Besant, began it.
In July 1888, fourteen hundred women and girls employed by the matchmakers Bryant and May walked out of their East End factory and into the history books. The author gives us a challenging new interpretation of events proving that the women themselves, not celebrity socialists like Annie Besant, began it.
Louise Raw is a Labour historian with a background in the Trade Union movement and political campaigning. She has spoken throughout the world and in the media about her research into the matchwomen's strike, and writes a monthly column for The Morning Star.She has appeared on television and radio as well as delivering many talks in the local and Union communities.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction, Methodology and Previous Literature 1. Angels in the House and Factory Girls 2. Haunted by the Woman Question: the Victorian Labour Movement and Women Workers 3. Life, Work and Politics in the Victorian East End 4. Liberals and Lucifers: Bryant & May and Matchmaking 5. The 'Notorious' Annie Besant: the Strike Leaders Reconsidered 6. 'One Girl Began': the Strike and the Matchwomen 7. The Matchwomen, the Great Dock Strike and New Unionism Bibliography Index
Introduction, Methodology and Previous Literature 1. Angels in the House and Factory Girls 2. Haunted by the Woman Question: the Victorian Labour Movement and Women Workers 3. Life, Work and Politics in the Victorian East End 4. Liberals and Lucifers: Bryant & May and Matchmaking 5. The 'Notorious' Annie Besant: the Strike Leaders Reconsidered 6. 'One Girl Began': the Strike and the Matchwomen 7. The Matchwomen, the Great Dock Strike and New Unionism Bibliography Index
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In a careful reconstruction of events, Raw exposes inaccuracies in the standard accounts ... [she] tells a great story with a terrific cast of characters ... parts of the book read like a detective story, with Raw ingenious in tracking down the strike leaders. Times Higher Education
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