Michael Herbert (Red Flag Walks) has announced an eight week course covering the history of radical women in Britain between 1819 and 1918. The course will run online via Zoom each Sunday for eight weeks at 2:00pm, beginning on Sunday 11 October and ending on Sunday 29 November. The course will cover the following themes: Female Reform Societies and the 1819 Peterloo Massacre: In the … Continue reading Online series: Radical Women, 1819 to 1928
Author: Florencia D’UvaThis is the abstract of an article published in Labour History Review (2026), 91, (1). Read this article. This article examines the survival strategies employed by the widows of railway workers in Argentina during the early twentieth century. Rather than portraying these women as passive recipients of assistance from trade unions or railway companies, this study highlights their active agency in securing financial support. Through petitions, legal … Continue reading Widows, Subsistence Strategies, and Union Solidarity in Railway Labour in Early Twentieth-Century Argentina
