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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Helen Blackburn
HB
,
Jessie Boucherett
, and
Ada Heather-Biggs
founded the
Women's Employment Defence League
, which opposed
protective
legislation for women workers.
View scholar note
Norman Soldon
in
Women in British Trade Unions
confirms that
HB
and Jessie...
politics
Jessie Boucherett
In 1891
JB
acted with
Helen Blackburn
and
Ada Heather-Biggs
to found the
Women's Employment Defence League
, which opposed
protective
legislation for women workers;
JB
's participation has been interpreted as indicating political conservatism...
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1897
The
Women's Employment Defence League
became known as the
Freedom of Labour Defence Association
.
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Soldon, Norbert.
Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976
. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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