Women's Trade Union League (United Kingdom)

For the US organization of the same name, see Women's Trade Union League.

The Women's Trade Union League, founded in 1874 and briefly known as the Women's Protective and Provident League, was a British trade union for women workers. It was established by Emma Paterson, who had seen unions managed by working women in America.[1]

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Peter; Doughan, David (2001). "Women's Trade Union League". Dictionary of British Women's Organisations, 1825–1960. London & Portland, Or.: Woburn Press. pp. 184–5. ISBN 0-7130-0223-9.