The Matchwomen's Strike

Following the success of last year’s programme of online courses, we will be running trade union and working-class history series.

This year’s course focuses specifically on the role played by women in trade union and working class history.

This session will be tutored by Dr Louise Raw, a writer, activist and historian, with a background in the union movement.

Her 20 years of work on bringing the true significance of the Bryant & May Matchwomen’s Strike of 1888 to public awareness, began on a trade union history course. Despite having left school at 15, her determination to bring this vital story of a worker’s victory to light led to her undertaking an MA and PhD.

Her book Striking a Light, the only single study on the Matchwomen, is in its fifth reprint.

She is a regular history contributor on BBC Radio London for the Robert Elms’ and Eddie Nestor’ shows.

She has appeared on the BBC’s The Victorian Slum, for which she was a historical adviser, Who Do You Think You Are, and Channel 4’s The Worst Jobs in History.

She also writes on contemporary politics.

You may also like the following events from GFTU Educational Trust:

• Next month, 10th December, 06:00 pm, Why Can't We Afford Housing & Retirement? in London, United Kingdom
• Next month, 10th December, 07:00 pm, Fully Booked - Handling Disciplinaries and Grievances with Les Doherty in Loughborough
• Happening on, 12th January, 10:00 am, Fully Booked - Health & Safety Stage 1 (5 Days) in Loughborough

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