Cathy Hunt

The National Federation of Women Workers, 1906-1921 (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first full length history of the all-female National Federation of Women Workers (1906-21) led by the gifted and charismatic Mary Macarthur. Its focus is on the people who made up this pioneering union - the organisers, activists and members who built branches and struggled to improve the lives of Britain's working women.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137033543
• Artikelnr.: 40808451

Autorenporträt

Cathy Hunt is a Senior Lecturer for History at Coventry University, UK. Her research to date has focused on the roles of women in the British labour movement in the first half of the twentieth century, with particular interest on grassroots trade union membership and municipal politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Glossary Introduction 1. Beginnings 2. Building a Union, 1906-14 3. The First World War 4. The Final Phase 1918-21 5. Organisers and Activists 6. Coventry, a Case Study Conclusion Appendix One: National Federation of Women Workers, Officials and Organisers Appendix Two: National Federation of Women Workers Branches