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This is the first full length history of the National Federation of
Women Workers - a pioneering, all-female trade union operating from
1906 to 1921. It centres on the leaders, organisers, activists and
members throughout the regions of Britain who built and sustained
the union. By focusing on strikes, disputes and branch life, Hunt
provides vital details of the working lives of thousands of women
workers in the early twentieth century. The Federation, led by the
charismatic Mary Macarthur, was influential out of all proportion
to its size and attracted brilliant women activists to its
campaigns, many of whom became well known in British Labour
politics. By highlighting grassroots activism as well as national
leadership, this work brings fresh perspectives to trade union
history, deepening our knowledge of women who, whilst living
through the political and social upheavals of the First World War,
knew the realities of women's work that was too often dominated by
low pay, poor conditions and inequality.
This book is the first full length history of the all-female
National Federation of Women Workers (1906-21) led by the gifted
and charismatic Mary Macarthur. Its focus is on the people who made
up this pioneering union - the organisers, activists and members
who built branches and struggled to improve the lives of Britain's
working women.
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