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Women's Trade Union League (UK)

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The Women's Trade Union League, founded in 1874 and briefly known as the Women's Protective and Provident League, was a British trade union for women workers. It was established by Emma Paterson, who had seen unions managed by working women in America.[1]

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Peter; Doughan, David (2001). "Women's Trade Union League". Dictionary of British Women's Organisations, 1825–1960. London & Portland, Or.: Woburn Press. pp. 184–5. ISBN 0-7130-0223-9.