Ebook: Blind workers against charity : the National League of the Blind of Great Britain and Ireland, 1893-1970
Author: Reiss Matthias
- Tags: National League of the Blind of Great Britain and Ireland, Blind -- Great Britain -- History, Blind -- Political activity -- Great Britain -- History, Blind -- Services for -- Great Britain -- History, Social history
- Series: Palgrave studies in the history of social movements.
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Language: English
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The National League of the Blind was the first radical self-represented group of visually impaired people in Britain, with branches in every part of the United Kingdom. Founded in 1893, it registered as a trade union in 1899 and still exists today as part of the trade union 'community'. From the very beginning, the League campaigned vehemently to make the state solely responsible for providing training, employment Read more...