women

The attacks on education and educators by the Tinoco dictatorship in Costa Rica led to an opposition movement led by female students and teachers…

The city government and local vigilantes attacks on the sex workers of El Alto provoked a national campaign by Bolivian sex workers against…

IN 1915 overcrowding gave landlords in Glasgow took advantage and increased the rent and evicted thousands who couldn't pay. In response the…

With the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States, protests occurred in at…

Two years before the horrific fire that claimed 146 garment workers, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was the focal point for a struggle that…

In 1921 strikes were effectively illegal in the state of Kansas due a state arbitration system (the Industrial Court). In response the Kansas…

A strike by women in the cities textile industry against discrimination and working conditions.

A short history of the Minerva Cafe, a radical feminist centre in Holborn, London, in the early 20th century, by Nick Heath.

An epic firsthand account of women and the working class in the early years of the 20th century by…

A short history of the strike, or day off, by 90% of women in Iceland for equality with men on 24 October, 1975, written by Steven Johns.

As we commemorate the Battle of Cable Street, it's important to recognise the role women played –…

A short account of the first trade union in Mississippi, which was created in 1866 by African-American washerwomen.