My Research Poster Topic

After looking at a few areas I could do my poster based upon I decided to look more at The Leeds Clothing Strike in 1970. This was a important event that happened in Leeds and some impact on the thoughts on feminism and making women be herd.

Leeds Clothing Strike

•  A quarter of all working people in Leeds worked making clothes, and half the working women
• The workers were also among the most divided, with ‘skilled’ and ‘unskilled’ used euphemistically in place of male and female. 
• The national pay agreement of 1969, between the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers and the Clothing Manufacturers’ Federation, brought decades of unfairness on to the streets. 
• Women were paid far less than men
• The Women continued to march and encourage other women to join 
• Pride in the industry that made Leeds famous
• The strike lasted two weeks; negotiations — “Not bitter, but they were tough” — lasted two more. The workers got the increase they’d demanded and the industry began to move towards equal pay and parity with other industries.

 I found an interesting article explaining more about the event. http://www.thecitytalking.com/leeds-clothing-strike-1970/

I want to create a poster that shows the fight that occurred for equality and the impact they made on the streets at that time. I want to use traditional print methods and something that relates to the clothing industry. I want the poster to be clear and effective.