Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Edinburgh Typographical Society
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November 1909: The Edinburgh Typographical Society issued...
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November 1909
The Edinburgh Typographical Society
issued a memorial stating that from the New Year women workers would be excluded from the Edinburgh printing trade.
Reynolds, Siân. Britannica’s Typesetters: Women Compositors in Edwardian England. Edinburgh University Press, 1989.
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About June 1910: The Women Compositors',, Readers' and Monotype...
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About June 1910
The Women Compositors',, Readers' and Monotype Operators' Union was founded in Scotland.
Reynolds, Siân. Britannica’s Typesetters: Women Compositors in Edwardian England. Edinburgh University Press, 1989.
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Cockburn, Cynthia. Brothers: Male Dominance and Technological Change. 2nd ed., Pluto Press, 1991.
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15 September 1910: The controversy about the employment of women...
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15 September 1910
The controversy about the employment of women as compositors created by the November 1909 statement from the Edinburgh Typographical Society
was resolved at a mass meeting in Edinburgh.
Reynolds, Siân. Britannica’s Typesetters: Women Compositors in Edwardian England. Edinburgh University Press, 1989.
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Cockburn, Cynthia. Brothers: Male Dominance and Technological Change. 2nd ed., Pluto Press, 1991.
