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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction, Methodology and Review of Literature; 1: Angels in the House and Factory Girls; 2: Haunted by the Woman Question: The Victorian Labour Movement and Woman Workers; 3: Life, Work and Politics in the Victorian East End; 4: Liberals and Lucifers: Bryant and 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; 8: Matchwomen, Dockers and the London Irish Community.
  • 9: In Search of the Matchwomen: Case Study and Primary Evidence10: Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; eCopyright.

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