Striking a Light. The Bryant & May matchwomen and their place in labour history
Details:
- Author(s) Raw, Louise
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2011
- Pages 2nd ed; 286pp; illus
- Publisher Continuum
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Worker / employee & industrial relations inc conflict, negotiation, demarcation, perogative, etc
- Name Worker / employee & work, women alone
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
First published 2009. Provides a detailed account of the important 1888 matchwomen 's strike, the events leading up to it, the role of the strikers, its importance in labour history. Part based on interviews with descendants of workers. Has chapters: 'Introduction, methodology and review of literature'; 'Angels in the house and factory girls'; 'Haunted by the women's question - the Victorian labour movement and women workers'; 'Life, work and politics in Victorian East End'; 'Liberals and lucifers - Bryant & May and matchmaking'; 'The 'notorious 'Annie Besant - the strike leaders reconsidered'; ''One girl began' - the strike and the matchwomen'; 'The matchwomen, the Great Dock Strike and new unionism'; 'Matchwomen, dockers and the London Irish community'; 'In search of matchwomen - case study and primary evidence'. Some coverage of health and safety issues