Mary Macarthur and the National Federation of Women Workers.

• N.F.W.W. banner
• N.F.W.W. organisers 1908. Mary Macarthur seated, Julia Varley on the left.
• N.F.W.W. delegates to the Scottish Trade Union Congress. Mary Macarthur third from right.
• Strike meeting at Morton's factory, Millwall
• N.F.W.W. unemployment benefit demonstration 1920

 

Mary Macarthur founded the N.F.W.W. in 1906, to cater for women, who were working in unorganised trades, or who were not accepted into membership of the relevant men's unions. It organised more women, fought more strikes and did more to establish women trade unionists, than any other organisation. Much of its achievement was due to the clear sighted and determined leadership of Mary Macarthur.

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• Mary Macarthur and the National Federation of Women Workers

• Mary Macarthur and the National Federation of Women Workers