The Match Makers of the East End. The match-making industry employed mainly female workers and came to prominence in 1888 during the match-making strike when, led by Annie Besant, the workers at the Bryant & May match factory in Bow went on strike in protest over long working hours and dangerous conditions. Date: May 20th 1871
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