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Jan 1, 2021 · Exactly 100 years ago, trade union leader Mary Macarthur died on January 1st, 1921, aged just 40. Her early death robbed the British labour movement of the most charismatic female leader of her generation. Had she survived, she would almost certainly have joined Margaret Bondfield as a female minister in the first Labour government.
Jan 1, 2021 · Issue date. 01 Jan 2021. This digital exhibition explores the historical significance of trade union leader Mary Macarthur and the work of the National Federation of Women Workers. Using the TUC Library’s archives it illustrates the harshness of women’s work in the early 20th century and the campaign to organise women workers into trade unions.
Jun 6, 2019 · Mary Macarthur was the first woman to be selected by any political party to contest the 1918 General Election, which was called immediately after the war. She fought an impassioned campaign for the Labour party in Stourbridge and although she did not win, warm local support ensured that she was re-adopted as a candidate and had a very good ...
Mary Reid Anderson (née Macarthur; 13 August 1880 – 1 January 1921) was a Scottish suffragist (although at odds with the national groups who were willing to let a minority of women gain the franchise) [1] [2] and was a leading trades unionist. She was the general secretary of the Women's Trade Union League and was involved in the formation ...
- Mary Reid Macarthur, 13 August 1880, Glasgow, Scotland
- William Anderson
- 1 January 1921 (aged 40), Golders Green, London, England
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Mary Reid Macarthur, the Scottish founder and leader of the all female trade union, the National Federation of Women Workers, died on 1 January 1921. This exhibition marks the centenary of her death and celebrates her pioneering work among British women workers.
Dec 6, 2010 · Mary MacArthur (1880-1921) was both. By the time of her premature death, she had organised more than 300,000 women into the trade union movement; stood as a Labour candidate for parliament; produced groundbreaking reports that forced the government to implement welfare measures; and inspired the most important generation of female politicians ...
Mary Macarthur: The Working Woman's Champion. The author Cathy Hunt talks to publisher of History West Midlands, Mike Gibbs about Mary Macarthur and what she achieved in such a short life, dying at the age of 40 in 1921.
