Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and Their Place in History

by Louise Raw

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441114262
• ISBN13: 9781441114266
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"