labour's forgotten history
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Sloane, Nan
- Publish Year
- 2018
- Shelfmark
- GR BR 61 2018 - B
- Thesaurus
- politieke partijen, socialisme, vrouwenkiesrecht, vakbonden, eerste wereldoorlog, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Throughout Labour's history, even in its earliest years, women were present in the room. They came from many backgrounds and they worked for the causes they believed in as organisers, campaigners, negotiators, public speakers and leaders. Amongst them was Isabella Ford, an active socialist and trade unionist and Millicent Fawcett, the President of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. They took on the vested interests of their time: sometimes they won. Yet the vast majority of them have been forgotten by the Labour movement that they helped to found. This book tells their story.