National Federation of Women Workers 1907-1955

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National Federation of Women Workers 1907-1955

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London Metropolitan University: Trades Union Congress Library Collections

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National Federation of Women Workers (NFWW)

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The National Federation of Women Workers (NFWW) was formed in 1906 by Mary Macarthur. The Federation had close links with the Women's Trade Union League, with Gertrude Tuckwell serving as president of both organisations from 1908. The NFWW saw strikes as the chief means of unionising unorganised workers and probably did more than any other organisation (including trade unions) to unionise women especially during the mass strike wave of 1910-1914. The Federation was entirely unself-seeking, in th...

Macarthur Mary Reid 1880-1921

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National Federation of Women Workers

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