Blackburn Female Reform Society Explained

The Blackburn Female Reform Society was established in Blackburn in early July 1819.[1] They immediately sent a circular to other districts, inviting the wives and daughters of the workmen in the different branches of manufacturing to form themselves into similar societies. In response Manchester formed their own society of reformers on 20 July 1819.[2] In Nottingham, reformers decided to adopt the Blackburn model.[3]

The Blackburn reformers model involved gift-giving, including the presentation of caps of liberty, action which was mirrored by societies in Stockport and Galston.

References

  1. Book: Poole, Robert. Return to Peterloo. Carnegie. 2014. 9781859362259. Lancaster. 49. 893558457.
  2. Wooler. T. J.. 4 August 1819. The Manchester Female Reformers address to the wives, mothers, sisters and daughters of the higher and middling classes of society. The Black Dwarf. 31.
  3. Kitchener. Caitlin. 2022. Sisters of the Earth: The Landscapes, Radical Identities and Performances of Female Reformers in 1819. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. en. 45. 1. 77–93. 10.1111/1754-0208.12778. 246984311 . 1754-0208.

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