Women in the textile factories of 19th-century Glasgow faced terrible working conditions. In fighting for their rights, they prepared the ground for feminists today.
President of the Married Women’s Association Edith Summerskill MP (left) and three other MPs deliver a petition supporting equal pay for women to the House of Commons in March 1954.
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These pioneering women were opposed in their day and have long been ignored by history. UK Family law, however, still attests to the influence they wrought.