Women's History
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw dramatic changes in women's lives, both in terms of their legal and political rights, and in their everyday lives.
Trade Union Movement
The horrors of nineteenth century working practices, which the trade unions set out to reform, are well known: long working hours and poor working conditions for men, women and children; the lack of safety regulations, and the complete absence of any effective system for protecting the individual when sick, injured, unemployed or retired. One after another such battles were fought. This section looks at some of the issues.