Working Lives Research Institute
Photo: TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University
Venue:The Women’s Library, 25 Old Castle St. London E1 7NT
Date: Wednesday 18 May (£8 / £6 concessions)
Time: 7pm (60mins)
In the summer of 1888, fourteen hundred matchwomen walked out of Bryant & May’s factory in the East End of London, and into the history books. The story of the unexpectedly successful strike of ‘little matchgirls’ against a powerful employer, continues to exert a strong hold on the public imagination. Louise Raw who met and interviewed people who had known the matchwomen, shares her findings about the real matchwomen.
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