LEADER 00000cam a2200697Ia 4500 001 ocn747502754 003 OCoLC 005 20160527041858.7 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 110822r20112009enkab ob 001 0 eng d 016 7 015716060|2Uk 019 745866715 020 9781441121042|q(electronic book) 020 1441121048|q(electronic book) 020 |z9781441114266 020 |z1441114262 020 |z9781847251473 020 |z1847251471 035 (OCoLC)747502754|z(OCoLC)745866715 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dEBLCP|dMHW|dUKMGB|dOCLCQ|dYDXCP|dDEBSZ |dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO 043 e-uk---|ae-uk-en 049 RIDW 050 4 HD8039.M29|bR39 2011eb 072 7 BUS|x038000|2bisacsh 072 7 POL|x013000|2bisacsh 082 04 331.8929421|222 090 HD8039.M29|bR39 2011eb 100 1 Raw, Louise.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ no2009131968 245 10 Striking a light :|bthe Bryant and May Matchwomen and their place in history /|cLouise Raw. 264 1 London ;|aNew York, N.Y. :|bContinuum,|c2011. 300 1 online resource (xii, 286 pages) :|billustrations, 1 map 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 500 Originally published 2009. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-281) and index. 520 This is the story of one of the most important strikes in labour history revealing the significance and truth of what actually happened. 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 themselves, not celebrity socialists like Annie Besant, began it. She provides unequivocal evidence to show that the matchwomen greatly influenced the Dock Strike of 1889, which until now was thought to be the key event of. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Strikes and lockouts|xMatch industry|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh90004373|zEngland|zLondon.|0https:/ /id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005665-781 650 0 Women in the labor movement|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh89004893|zGreat Britain.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147-781 650 0 Labor unions|zGreat Britain|xHistory.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2009128143 650 7 Strikes and lockouts|xMatch industry.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1135147 650 7 Women in the labor movement.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1178035 650 7 Labor unions.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/990260 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 651 7 England|zLondon.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1204271 651 7 Great Britain.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204623 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aRaw, Louise.|tStriking a light.|dLondon ; New York, N.Y. : Continuum, 2011|z9781441121042|w(DLC) 2011414601|w(OCoLC)648934531 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=378041|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160616|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID