Julia Varley

• Julia Varley (centre front)
• Julia campaigned for women's suffrage. She was imprisoned twice.
• N.F.W.W. leaders - Julia standing on the left
• Deputation to the Trade Union Congress - Julia standing on the right
• Julia late in her career
• Interview with Julia 1947 p1
• Interview with Julia 1947 p2

 

Julia Varley was the first female manual worker to rise to the ranks of the trade union leaders. She took a leading role in the 1910 Cradley Heath women chainmakers' strike, and remained a prominent figure in the Trade Union Movement for most of her life.

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