Union of Shirt and Collar Makers

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Occupation Edith J. Simcox
They employed women under decent conditions in an industry that had become, since the invention of the sewing machine, one of the worst of sweated trades. They eventually moved to 27 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square...
politics Edith J. Simcox
Along with Emma Paterson , EJS was one of two women delegates sent to the Trades Union Congress at Glasgow, where she represented the Shirt and Collar Makers .
McKenzie, Keith Alexander, and Gordon S. Haight. Edith Simcox and George Eliot. Oxford University Press.
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1 July 1875: The Union of Shirt and Collar Makers and...

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1 July 1875

The Union of Shirt and Collar Makers and the Union of Women Upholsteresses were founded.

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