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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793437603321

Autore

Moss Jonathan

Titolo

Women, workplace protest and political identity in England, 1968-85 / / Jonathan Moss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

1-5261-2489-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

Gender in History

Disciplina

305.48230941

Soggetti

Women in the labor movement - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Working class women - Political activity - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Strikes and lockouts - Great Britain - History - 20th century

History

Social & Cultural History

HISTORY / Women

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Contextualising women's workplace activism in post-war England -- The Ford sewing machinists' strike, 1968, Dagenham -- The Trico-Folberth equal pay strike, Brentford, 1976 -- Sexton's shoe factory occupation and Fakenham Enterprises, Norfolk, 1972-77 -- The Ford sewing machinists' strike, Dagenham, 1984-85 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Timeline of women's workplace militancy in Britain, 1968-85 -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This text draws upon original research into women's workplace protest to deliver a new account of working-class women's political identity and participation in post-war England. Focusing on the voices and experiences of women who fought for equal pay, skill recognition, and the right to work between 1968 and 1985, it explores why working-class women engaged in such action when they did, and it analyses the impact of workplace protest on women's political identity.