Emma Paterson was a pioneer of trade unionism for women. In her short life, she set up a League dedicated to that cause, edited a newspaper to publicise it and travelled the UK working for it. Her spoken and written work addressed issues still with us today, from the gender pay gap to domestic labour, and those thankfully consigned to history, such as whether women should be able to vote or find clothes appropriate to industrial work.
Emma Paterson, Trade Unionist and Feminist, In Her Own Words brings together the major works that comprise Emma Paterson’s written output, offering a unique insight into the struggles and concerns of women working in the workshops, factories, shops and homes of Britain’s Industrial Revolution. This book includes a long biographical chapter from the editor, a preface from Frances O’Grady, first woman general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, and then an annotated selection of Emma Paterson’s most important works, from her time as a young activist to her last days as an overworked editor and union leader.
This book will appeal to scholars and students of the history of Britain, of its women workers, of industrial, labour and publishing history. It addresses broader questions of class and gender, the interconnections that exist between them and the silences that often accompany them.
Edited by:
Steven Parfitt
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032547381
ISBN 10: 1032547383
Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 28 November 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface By Frances O’Grady, Past General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Building a Movement, 1874-April 1879 Chapter 2: Societies and Struggles: May 1879-1884 Chapter 3: Final Years: 1885-86 Chapter 4: Obituaries – 1886 to 1921
Steven Parfitt teaches in the UK. He publishes widely on British, American and global history, including Knights Across the Atlantic: The Knights of Labor in Britain and Ireland (2016), and in journals such as Labor, the International Review of Social History and the Journal of Global History.
