Tag: women and work
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The life of Ann Dighton, silk weaver 1815 – 1885
By Christine Swan Ann is my great, great, great grandmother. She was born on 4th August 1815 in Hare St, Bethnal Green. Her father, William, was a silk weaver who employed apprentices and was a key campaigner for the rights of workers and was a trade representative of the Union Societies of the Silk Trade.…
Awful Rigours and Wretched Pay 