Worlds of Labour: Essays in Birmingham Labour HistoryAnthony Wright, Richard Shackleton |
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... women . New women's societies were still appearing in the 1890s . In 1905 the Registrar calculated there were approximately 700,000 women members out of a total of 1,600,000 . Some of the oldest still survived , for instance the 1790 ...
... women . New women's societies were still appearing in the 1890s . In 1905 the Registrar calculated there were approximately 700,000 women members out of a total of 1,600,000 . Some of the oldest still survived , for instance the 1790 ...
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... women since the generality of male employers preferred to have men working for them . In the latter part of the nineteenth century , men were again pressing for it to keep women out of their trades . Depression caused by world ...
... women since the generality of male employers preferred to have men working for them . In the latter part of the nineteenth century , men were again pressing for it to keep women out of their trades . Depression caused by world ...
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... women in the first decade of the twentieth century , demanding at the 1908 and 1909 Trades Union Congresses that women be excluded from working at screw - making or turning and metal - polishing . It was scarcely surprising that the ...
... women in the first decade of the twentieth century , demanding at the 1908 and 1909 Trades Union Congresses that women be excluded from working at screw - making or turning and metal - polishing . It was scarcely surprising that the ...
Contents
A Notorious Christine Heward | 18 |
Unemployment Agitation in Birmingham Cyril Collard | 35 |
Police Strike in Birmingham Richard Shackleton | 63 |
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