Jane Walsh

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Jane Walsh was an English textile worker and writer. [1] She was born c. 1905 in the slums of Oldham northern England. Walsh lived through the hard times of depression, mass unemployment, and suffering of '20 and '30. [2] Her husband Charlie worked as well in the textile industry. [1] She was left a widow at the age of 40, after many years of living with her husband and their three children, the youngest of whom was crippled by polio.

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Though being a classic representative of the working class, Walsh didn't manage to connect herself with the syndicalist movevement of that time, which were very active especially near Lancashire textile areas. [2]

In 1953 her autobiography, Not Like This, was published.

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  1. 1 2 Peter Scott (2007), Triumph of the south : a regional economic history of early twentieth century Britain, Ashgate Pub. Co, p. 206, ISBN   9781840146134, OCLC   64230076
  2. 1 2 Bettie Marks (May 1953), "Women's Work", The Labour Monthly: 239

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