Matchgirl S Strike 1888
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Matchgirls Strike 1888
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Author : Reg Beer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Matchgirls Strike 1888 written by Reg Beer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Bryant & May Strike, 1888 categories.
The Match Girls Strike 1888
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Author : Reg Beer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Match Girls Strike 1888 written by Reg Beer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Match industry categories.
Matchgirl S Strike 1888
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Author : Half Moon Photography Workshop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Matchgirl S Strike 1888 written by Half Moon Photography Workshop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with categories.
The Matchgirls Strike 1888
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Author : Reg Beer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Matchgirls Strike 1888 written by Reg Beer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with categories.
Pictured History
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Author : National Museum of Labour History
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981*
Pictured History written by National Museum of Labour History and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981* with Photography categories.
Striking A Light
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Author : Louise Raw
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-03-10
Striking A Light written by Louise Raw and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-10 with History categories.
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 by interviewing their relatives today, Raw is able to construct a new history which challenges existing accounts of the strike itself and radically alters the accepted history of the labour movement in Britain.
The Matchgirls
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Author : Bill Owen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Matchgirls written by Bill Owen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Musical revues, comedies, etc categories.
Based on fact, the story tells of a strike by the girls in a match factory in 1888, when unions were still groping for recognition and mass withdrawal of labour was an almost unheard-of strategy in industrial relations. The match-cutters finally rebel against working conditions in which young girls had their jaws rotted away by phosphorus, and discipline was maintained by a system of crippling fines and sanctions. A grim episode, perhaps, but not many minutes of the play are allowed to pass before the natural ebullience of the traditional Cockney sparrow helps to create sparkling entertainment which warms the heart, yet retains the essential drama of the central theme. The incongruously named "Hope Court" is the setting for much of the play, for it is there the workers live in shabby tenements. Desperation turns Kate, the tenement girl, into a reckless strike-leader, and complicates her courtship with Joe, a docker. Annie Besant, the liberal reformer, champions the strikers' cause and plays a vital part in bringing about their ultimate victory over what was then a callous management."
A Match To Fire The Thames The Match Girls Strike Of 1888 The Docker S Strike Of 1889 With Illustrations
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Author : Ann STAFFORD (pseud. [i.e. Ann Pedlar.])
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
A Match To Fire The Thames The Match Girls Strike Of 1888 The Docker S Strike Of 1889 With Illustrations written by Ann STAFFORD (pseud. [i.e. Ann Pedlar.]) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with categories.
The Radium Girls
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Author : Kate Moore
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-06-16
The Radium Girls written by Kate Moore and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-16 with History categories.
Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf book club choice New York Times bestseller ‘Fascinating.’ Sunday Times ‘Thrilling.’ ????? Mail on Sunday All they wanted was the chance to shine. Be careful what you wish for… ‘The first thing we asked was, “Does this stuff hurt you?” And they said, “No.” The company said that it wasn’t dangerous, that we didn’t need to be afraid.’ As the First World War spread across the world, young American women flocked to work in factories, painting clocks, watches and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous – the girls shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in dust from the paint. However, as the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses. It turned out that the very thing that had made them feel alive – their work – was slowly killing them: the radium paint was poisonous. Their employers denied all responsibility, but these courageous women – in the face of unimaginable suffering – refused to accept their fate quietly, and instead became determined to fight for justice. Drawing on previously unpublished diaries, letters and interviews, The Radium Girls is an intimate narrative of an unforgettable true story. It is the powerful tale of a group of ordinary women from the Roaring Twenties, who themselves learned how to roar. Further praise for The Radium Girls 'The importance of the brave and blighted dial-painters cannot be overstated.’ Sunday Times ‘A perfect blend of the historical, the scientific and the personal.' Bustle ‘Thrilling and carefully crafted.’ Mail on Sunday?
East End 1888
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Author : William J. Fishman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
East End 1888 written by William J. Fishman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.
East End I888 documents in minute detail the social, political, and economic life in the notorious slums of East London during the reign of Queen Victoria. The setting for Jack the Ripper's atrocities, East End was synonymous with crime, filth, disease, and the dregs of humanity. W. J. Fishman focuses on a single year, one century ago and one century after the storming of the Bastille. Poignant accounts of homeless families choosing starvation rather than submitting to the inhumanity and separation of the workhouse are contrasted with lively reports of entertainment in music halls and "penny gaffs" or freak shows, where Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man, was discovered. Providing numerous excerpts from contemporary newspapers, police records, workhouse journals, novels, medical reports, church sermons, and political debates, Fishman illuminates a slice of life in Victorian England. Author note: William J. Fishman is Professor of Political Studies at Queen Mary College, University of London.