Gee, M (2017) 'May Hobbs.' In: Hunt, S, Kidd, D and Page, R, eds. Protest! Stories of resistance. Comma Press, Manchester, pp. 237-265. ISBN 9781905583737
Official URL: http://commapress.co.uk/books/protest-stories-of-r...
Abstract
A story inspired by the real-life strike by the women who cleaned offices at night in the 1970s, commissioned for an anthology about protest. May Hobbs was a working class woman from Hoxton who managed to unionise the cleaners, started the Cleaners' Action Group, and organised a successful strike against the civil service.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter or Section |
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| Divisions: | School of Writing, Publishing and the Humanities |
| UoA: | English Literature & Language |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2017 18:44 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2022 16:57 |
| URI / Page ID: | http://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/8880 |
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