What can you find out about the Match Stick Girls? by https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34 Post your response to the discussion topic by clicking the plus button below. en-us 2025-03-12 09:20:36 UTC 2025-03-12 11:09:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4ac.png https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362484668 Most of them had phossy jaw caused by phosphorus-Dylan E

]]> 2025-03-12 09:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362484668 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362484949 They usually got necrosis (also known as 'phossy jaw' which is a type of bone cancer which eats away at the bone.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362484949 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362485372 They only got 4 shillings a week which is equivalent to 20p in todays money.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362485372 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362485751 They went on strike in 1888

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]]> 2025-03-12 09:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362485751 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362486183 most of them were slaves to people


]]> 2025-03-12 09:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362486183 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362486216 The strike ended on the 21st July.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362486216 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362486236 They got paid 4 shillings a week. But if they had a good week they would get paid 8 or 9 shillings!-Thea and Lucie J

]]> 2025-03-12 09:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362486236 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362486844 'Phossy jaw' was a type of bone cancer

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]]> 2025-03-12 09:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362487078 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362487151 John Walker accidently invented the matches

]]> 2025-03-12 09:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362487151 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362487290 They had to work 14 hours a day :Lawson and Darcie

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]]> 2025-03-12 09:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362487397 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362487558 The matchstick girls worked between the age of 14 and 18.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362487558 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362488132 Started at 6 am ended at 6pm (14 hours)

But in winter they started at 8am

]]> 2025-03-12 09:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362488132 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362488244 they were only getting paid four shillings a week also they had week quality work

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]]> 2025-03-12 09:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362488697 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362489082 They started work at fourteen years old!

]]> 2025-03-12 09:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362489082 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362489506 There were workers as young as six years old

]]> 2025-03-12 09:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362489506 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362489661 The 'Match Girls' worked long hours for very low wages, and could lose part of their wages in fines for such offences as arriving late or talking or even going to the toilet

]]> 2025-03-12 09:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362489661 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362489724 They worked at the factory at 14 to 20 years old

]]> 2025-03-12 09:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362489724 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362489951 The leader of the match girls was Sarah Chapman.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362489951 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362490354 they needed money because they were desperate

]]> 2025-03-12 09:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362490354 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362490887 A strike for the matchstick girl would of lasted for 3 weeks

]]> 2025-03-12 09:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362490887 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362490890 The strike ended in 1901

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]]> 2025-03-12 09:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362491005 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362491372 They worked in terrible conditions or if they were sick because they were desperate

]]> 2025-03-12 09:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362491372 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362491522 They got phossy jaw from painting phosphorous on to matchsticks

]]> 2025-03-12 09:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362491522 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362491585 They were undersized because underfed, oppressed because helpless, flung aside as soon as worked out`. Still worse, their working conditions were dangerous. The fumes from the phosphorous used to make matches were poisonous. Workers could get necrosis or`phossy jaw`, a forme of bone cancer.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362491585 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362491678 Some of the earnt 8s or 9s a week in the same firm

]]> 2025-03-12 09:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362491678 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362491848 They started work at 6:30 AM and started work at 8 AM in winter and only had two breaks in their day.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362491848 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362492021 The factory was called Briant and may

]]> 2025-03-12 09:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362492021 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362492525 What caused 'Phossy jaw' was the use of chemical weapons that contained white phosphorus.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362492525 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362492959 The Matchgirls often hid that they had phossy jaw because of their managers .

]]> 2025-03-12 09:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362492959 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362493894 they were called matchstick girls becuase they would make matches

]]> 2025-03-12 09:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362493894 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362494054 The breathed in phospherous and that was how they got the bone cancer phossy jaw

]]> 2025-03-12 09:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362494054 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362494148 The Matchstick Girls went on strike cause they had very low wages and wanted more money as they worked double and got paid the same amount

]]> 2025-03-12 09:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362494148 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362494740 The Matchstick Girls strike started on the 2nd of July 1888 and ended 21st of July 1888!

]]> 2025-03-12 09:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362494740 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362495029 the match stick girls were called as slaves because they were poor and could not afford any thing for there familes they were described as the matchstick girls because they would make over a 1000 matches a day

]]> 2025-03-12 09:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362495029 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362495083 The working conditions were very poor and in the article that Anne Besant wrote she quoted it as 'White Slavery'.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362495083 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362495234 the matchstick girls were ill but they still fought through the pain to get money

]]> 2025-03-12 09:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362495234 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362495555 in winter the match stick girls worked up until 8AM and there usual time was 6AM

]]> 2025-03-12 09:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362495555 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362495606 'Phossy jaw' vanished until it recently reappeared in the 21st century.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362495606 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362496321 The Matchstick Girls didn't get paid if they arrived late, made a mistake, dropped something or going to the toilet

]]> 2025-03-12 09:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362496321 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362496418 The sick people could not stay home if they wanted to have their MONEY!

]]> 2025-03-12 09:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362496418 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362496541 This helped with the suffrage movement as it showed that they when they were desperate for the money they fought really hard to get it. They held the strike until the manager gave in!

]]> 2025-03-12 09:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362496541 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362496600 phossy jaw eats away at the jaw bone

]]> 2025-03-12 09:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362496600 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362496811 Their strike was important because they exposed the poor working conditions in the factory.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362496811 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362497109 They worked 14 hours a day!

]]> 2025-03-12 09:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362497109 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362497238 Necrosis eats flesh🤮

]]> 2025-03-12 09:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362497238 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362497334 They worked 14 hours a day in poor conditions

]]> 2025-03-12 09:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362497334 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362497702 they would often get sick becuase it wasnt a safe envierment

]]> 2025-03-12 09:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362497702 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362498018 Necrosis eats your flesh and turns your skin black

]]> 2025-03-12 09:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362498018 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362498086 The risk of Phossy jaw in the factory was 19.15%.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362498086 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362498177 These early matches had a number of problems – an initial violent reaction, an unsteady flame, and unpleasant odor and fumes.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362498177 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362499380 the percent of phossy jaw in the factory was 19.15%

]]> 2025-03-12 09:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362499380 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362499782 At Bryant & May girls and boys as young as 14 were regularly employed. Casual and sweated labour, marked by irregular work and poor conditions, was common. 'Matchgirls' is a term used to refer to women and teenage girls who did various jobs in the factory, including dipping, wrapping, cutting down and boxing matches

]]> 2025-03-12 09:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362499782 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362499833 Phosporus necrosis of the jaw, commonly called 'Phossy Jaw' was a really horrible disease and overwhelming disease of the poor. Workers in match factories develouped unbarable abscesses in their mouths, leading to facial disfigurement and sometimes fatal brain damage

]]> 2025-03-12 09:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362499833 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362500989 They worked even though they were getting paid less and they would get really sick.


]]> 2025-03-12 09:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362500989 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362502636 The strike of 1888According to the East London Advertiser, most of the strikers were of Irish descent and aged between 15 and 20. Recent research suggests that others were Jewish. While Annie Besant is often credited with having organised the strike, it was in fact these young, working-class women who initiated it.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362502636 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362503621 They were paid 4 shillings a week for double work 4 shillings is 20p.

]]> 2025-03-12 09:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362503621 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362515703 They used chemical weapons that contain white-red phosphorus

]]> 2025-03-12 09:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362515703 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362515780 They weren't allowed to go to work if they had phossy jaw

]]> 2025-03-12 09:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362515780 https://padlet.com/halpins2_1/ihjsurm89wnb6q34/wish/3362536888 They only earned 4 shillings a week which is 20p a week in today's money.

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