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20 May 1873: Seventeen labouring-class women at Ascott-under-Wychwood...
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20 May 1873
Seventeen labouring-class women at Ascott-under-Wychwood in Oxfordshire prevented two men from going to work as blacklegs to replace others whom a farmer had sacked for joining the Agricultural Workers Union
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“The Ascott Martyrs 1873”. History UK.
Groves, Reginald. Sharpen the Sickle! The History of the Farm Workers’ Union. Porcupine Press, 1949.
Horn, Pamela. Joseph Arch (1826-1919): The Farm Workers’ Leader. Roundwood Press, 1971.
