"Born in slums, driven to work while still children, undersized because underfed, oppressed because helpless, flung aside as soon as worked out (...)"
This was written by Annie Besant in one of her articles . She was talking about the young girls and women who worked at the Bryant and May matches factory, that in July 1888, went on strike due to excessively long hours, meager wages, and unsafe working conditions.
Over 1,500 women had joined the strike demanding better pay and conditions.
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