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Early Days Labor Movement - Irish women

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Covering Irish women in the early days of the labor movement, many of the women involved in the movement called Inghinidhe na hÉireann (Daughters of Erin) were working class. In 1911 they began to organise themselves in the Irish Women Workers' Union following a dispute at Jacob's biscuit factory. Thousands were directly involved in the 1913 Lockout and many joined the Irish Citizen Army under James Connolly, a well-known supporter of the Suffrage Movement. Film excerpt from 2003 Parodox Picture film 'Guns
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