Tag: labor issues

Rosie Hackett – Tales from Wo-Fan’s Land

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On appearance, Rosanna “Rosie” Hackett looks like a sweet little old Irish woman but by all accounts, she was a furious unionist and influential member of the labour scene. I first found out about her whilst working in Glasnevin Cemetery where she is buried, the genealogist at the museum angrily showed me her death certificate … Continue reading Rosie Hackett – Tales from Wo-Fan’s Land

Adelina Myers – Tales from Wo-Fan’s Land

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Adelina Myers, a 12 or perhaps 13 year-old girl born in Virginia of immigrant German-American parents, was killed in an explosion while working her shift at the ammunition factory, the city’s worst wartime accident during the American Civil War, on Friday the 13th, March 1863. Among the victims were girls even younger than Adelina. Blame … Continue reading Adelina Myers – Tales from Wo-Fan’s Land