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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Raw, Louise
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011.
Subjects:
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
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