Female Political Union of the Working Classes (original) (raw)

The Female Political Union of the Working Classes was established in 1833 by Mary Fildes and Mrs Broadhurst. The organisation sprang from the wider labour movements of the early 19th century, influenced by Chartism and campaigns for women's enfranchisement. Fildes, who had been present at the Peterloo Massacre, had previously been president of the Manchester-based (itself a response to Blackburn Female Reform Society).