The Matchgirls Strike of 1888 recounted by Annie Besant

In this video Sarah Whitehouse reads Annie Besant's account of the Matchgirls Strike of 1888.
Read more of the account here: archive.org/details/in.ernet....
See also: phm.org.uk/blogposts/the-matc...

[@brushmans-guild]

What a smashing presentation! Stories of workers rising up against their greedy overlords and demanding better conditions always bring a tear to my eye!

[@georgegoodyear9631]

I, too, shed a tear at the telling of this poignant account.