Bolton and District Weavers', Winders' and Warpers' Association
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Bolton and District Weavers', Winders' and Warpers' Association
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The Bolton and District Weavers', Winders' and Warpers' Association was a trade union representing cotton mill workers in the Bolton area of Lancashire in England. The union was the first in the Lancashire cotton industry to appoint a woman as its full-time leader. The union was founded in 1865 as the Excelsior Friendly Society of Toilet and Marseilles Quilt Weavers by Power, with the aim of regulating who was able to start working in the industry. In 1878, it became the Bolton Power Loom Weaver
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Former trade union of the United Kingdom
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolton_and_District_Weavers%27,_Winders%27_and_Warpers%27_Association
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2022-07-07T20:38:50Z
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