Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their Place in History by Sheila Rowbotham, Louise Raw

Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their Place in History

Sheila Rowbotham, Louise Raw

304 pages • first pub 2009 (view editions)

nonfiction feminism gender history challenging informative slow-paced
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In July 1888, fourteen hundred women and girls employed by the matchmakers Bryant and May walked out of their East End factory and into the history books. Louise Raw gives us a challenging new interpretation of events proving that the women themse...

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