Name/TitleInside Out: Scenes from 'Women in the Rag Trade'
About this objectSlim booklet titled 'Inside Out: Scenes from 'Women in the Rag Trade'' by Hackney Communist Party Women's Group. The introduction describes how over 12,000 people, mostly women, are employed in the clothing factories of Hackney, London and states: "This is the story of those women, told partly in their own words and partly through the facts and figures available. It's by no means a complete account. The issues are those most often commented on when discussing women's employment - what jobs women do, wages, equal pay and job security, health, childcare, home-working and union membership. The experiences and information about Hackney gathered here will, we hope, be useful; we didn't always find what we expected. And if it helps to illustrate the need for basic changes in our society, so much the better."
Fully digitised (37 pages)
MakerHackney Communist Party Women's Group
Maker RoleCreator
Date Madec.1980
Period1980s
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 204 x W: 148 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's work & labour
Subject and Association KeywordsCommunity activism
Subject and Association Keywordstextile industry
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBooklet
Object numberGWL-2015-42-11
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved