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In July 1888 the women and teenage girls working at the Bryant & May match factory in Bow, London, England went on strike. At first, the strikers were protesting the dismissal of a worker after employees had refused a demand from Bryant & May management to repudiate an article on terrible working conditions at the factory.
Sarah Chapman was born on 31 October 1862, the fifth of seven children born to Samuel Chapman, a brewer's servant, and Sarah Ann Mackenzie. [1] Her early life was spent in Mile End, [1] and Chapman would live her whole life in London's East End. [5]
"The Little Match Girl" (Danish: Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne, meaning "The little girl with the matchsticks") is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story, about a dying child's dreams and hope, was first published in 1845.
In July 1888 around 1,400 of the Bryant and May match factory’s female workforce walked out in protest. Match Girls’ Strike of 1888 commemorated with blue plaque in east London Skip to main ...
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Kate Sclater (or Slater; married name Kate Furnell; 20 October 1863 [1] – 1950) [2] was a British trade unionist and match packer. [3] She was among the leaders of the 1888 Matchgirls' strike, and one of the first members of the strike committee.
Match Girls. During the Industrial Revolution of the late 1700s and early 1800s, child labor was fairly common. Match-making was one such position taken on by young girls. ... They were required ...
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.