Ruth A. Symes

Ruth A. Symes

Published: North-West Labour History Journal, Oct 2006

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From suffragettes to coal miners, from Chartists¹ to seamstresses - all the characters of labour history are represented on the shelves of Naomi Symes Books.

Certainly, it is easy to reach across from my desk or, at most, climb a ladder to an upper shelf in my bookroom - and find a book on virtually any aspect of ordinary life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Read the rest of this entry »

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~~Dictionary~~
1 Chartists
Definitions

1. the principles and practices of a body of 19th century English political reformers advocating better social and industrial conditions for the working classes

Pronounciation: ˈchär-ˌti-zəm
Function: noun
Date: 1839
Etymology: Medieval Latin charta charter, from Latin, document