Fraser, Helen. Women and War Work. G. A. Shaw, 1918.
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May Abraham
Standard Name: Abraham, May
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Timeline
1892
May Abraham
, Clara Collet
, Eliza Orme
, and Margaret Irwin
were appointed as Assistant Commissioners to the Royal Commission on Labour.
Spring 1893
Home Secretary Lord Asquith
appointed May Abraham
and Mary Paterson
as the first women factory inspectors.
1895
The Dangerous Trades Committee
was established, with Member of Parliament Harold Tennant
as Chair. It included one of the first women inspectors, May Abraham
.
17 January 1917
A Women's Service demonstration was held in the Albert Hall to appeal to women to engage in war work, and to display their determination to go on doing all that was needed.