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Pour Sortir Les Allumettières de l'Ombre: Les Ouvrières de la Manufacture d'Allumettes E. B. Eddy de Hull (1854-1928)

Pour Sortir Les Allumettières de l'Ombre: Les Ouvrières de la Manufacture d'Allumettes E. B. Eddy de Hull (1854-1928)

Durocher, Kathleen

Paperback

Series: Études Régionales

Canadian HistoryGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $39.95

ISBN10: 276033726X
ISBN13: 9782760337268
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Published: May 11 2022
Pages: 177
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French

Exploited young women or committed union activists? How should we remember the allumettières working at the E. B. Eddy match factory, in Hull?

Between 1854 and 1928, an anonymous workforce of female workers produced 90% of Canada's matches--grueling and incredibly dangerous work given the continual risk of fire and, more importantly, given the manipulation of toxic chemicals. This work had disastrous consequences for these women, and it is therefore of little surprise that they launched the very first female-driven union dispute in Quebec.

In this first-ever book devoted to Hull's allumettières, historian Kathleen Durocher tells their fascinating story using a trove of historical documents, including Canadian censuses, various governments, private, and parish archives, as well as numerous articles published in scientific journals and large-circulation newspapers.

Durocher presents a demographic profile of the allumettières, followed by sections on their daily life, their role within the working class, their positions at the factory, their working conditions--particularly hazards linked to the use of white phosphorus--, and their union activities from 1918 to 1928, when the company closed its doors in Hull.

Tragic and inspiring, the history of Hull's allumettières has marked both regional and Canadian history for more than a century, yet it remains little known. With this book, their story is finally brought to light.

Published in French.

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