Striking a Light : the Bryant and May Matchwomen and their Place in History.

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. Louise Raw gives us a challenging new interpretation of events proving that the women themselves, not celebrity socialists like Annie Besant, beg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Raw, Louise
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011.
Temas:
Rowbotham, Sheila, > author of introduction, etc.
Rowbotham, Sheila
Strikes and lockouts > Match industry > England > London.
Labor unions > Great Britain > History.
Women in the labor movement > Great Britain.
Grèves et lock-out > Allumettes > Industrie > Angleterre > Londres.
Syndicats > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Femmes dans le mouvement ouvrier > Grande-Bretagne.
Labor unions
Strikes and lockouts > Match industry
Women in the labor movement
England > London
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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. Louise Raw gives us a challenging new interpretation of events proving that the women themselves, not celebrity socialists like Annie Besant, began it. She provides unequivocal evidence to show that the matchwomen greatly influenced the Dock Strike of 1889, which until now was thought to be the key event of new unionism, and repositions them as the mothers of the modern labour movement. Returning to the stories of the women themselves, and b.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (540 pages)
ISBN:9781441172150
1441172157
9781441121042
1441121048

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