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The working class women鈥檚 peace movement was very active in Bradford. The Bradford Women鈥檚 Humanity League was formed ten days after conscription was introduced and they held many anti-war meetings and demonstrations. They met regularly in the Friends Meeting House and Laycocks Caf茅 in Bradford.

In September 1917, their biggest march took place. Three thousand women took part in an anti-war demonstration, marching across the city from the Textile Hall on Westgate and ending at Carlton Street school yard. They had a marching band and carried many banners bearing words such as: 鈥淭he Boys in the Trenches want Peace鈥� and 鈥淚 want my Daddy鈥�.

When they arrived at the school yard they had political speeches 鈥� one of the speakers was Ethel Snowdon, wife of a Labour politician.

A plaque on the building which was the Textile Hall now marks the women鈥檚 anti-war demonstration and march across the city.

Location: Textile Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DD
Image: Advert about a meeting at Laycocks Caf茅, published in the Bradford Pioneer, courtesy of Finola Doogan
Presented by 麻豆社 reporter, Jane Chesworth

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