in 1888, working-class women and girls changed the world, with courage, sisterhood and - fabulous hats! This is the only book that tells the full, true story history wanted hidden. Includes testimony from Matchwomen descendants. 
 
'A great story with a terrific cast of characters' The Times
'...gives full credit to an important and usually misunderstood event' Contemporary Review 
'A must for all serious historians' Terry McCarthy, historian and author of The Great Dock Strike