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The Matchmakers' Union (founded as The Union of Women Matchmakers) [1] was a British trade union formed in 1888 following the successful Matchgirls' strike. [2] [3] On its creation, it was the largest union of women and girls in the country, [4] and inspired a wave of collective organising among industrial workers.
Following the strike's success, the Union of Women Matchmakers (later the Matchmakers' Union) was formed later in 1888. [47] On its creation, it was the largest union of women and girls in the country, [ 48 ] and inspired a wave of collective organising among industrial workers.
The women subsequently established a union (the Union of Women Matchmakers), the inaugural meeting of which took place at Stepney Meeting Hall on 27 July. Twelve women were elected to the committee, including Chapman, who was subsequently made President. [2] [10] It was the largest female union in the country. [11]
Bryant & May's match factory (now the Bow Quarter). (October 2006) Bow Quarter is a gated community in Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.The building was originally the Bryant and May match factory, and was the site of the Match Girls' strike in the 1880s.
The strikers were men and women who decided they wanted Ellis, and the other women on the committee, to be their negotiators with the mill owners. [3] Ellis was the committee's treasurer and Hannah Woods was the president. The secretary was Kate Conran. [1] The Dewsbury and Batley Weavers Committee was composed of thirteen women and no men
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Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Women's strike may refer to: Women's Strike for Equality (1970) 1975 Icelandic women's strike;
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