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Sep
16
The Fight For Women’s Rights in Summerstown: Guided Walk
September 16, 2022 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Free
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‘The Corruganza Boxmakers’ were a group of 44 courageous young women, largely uneducated who in the face of a savage pay cut went on strike at a cardboard box factory in south west London in 1908.
They were supported and encouraged by trade union pioneer Mary Macarthur. Their action paved the way for much higher profile events like the Cradley Heath Chainmakers and the Bermondsey Uprising, all in the frontline of the struggle for women’s rights in the workplace. Its an inspirational story that deserves a wider audience and for that reason we will be acknowledging it next year with the placing of a blue plaque.
The Walk which covers the site of the box factory in a fascinating part of Earlsfield between Wimbledon Stadium and the River Wandle takes in key locations relating to industries which employed women and passes some of the homes where they lived.
This walk is provided free to the public as part of London Unseen, thanks to funding from the Mayor of London’s Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm.
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