Rebel Women is a podcast about history's troublemakers.

This episode is the third in our five-part series about the battle for equal pay; a journey that spans nearly 100 years, from the late 1880s to the 1970 Equal Pay Act.

The outbreak of war in 1914 cause huge disruption to the education system. As men enlisted, women stepped up to fill the sudden gaping hole in Britain's classrooms. But while women now made up the majority in teaching, their pay remained unequal.

Many women teachers were ex-suffragettes, and they weren't going down without a fight.

For show notes, reading lists and further stories about East London women, visit our website eastlondonwomen.org.uk. Or find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram or Pinterest.

Rebel Women is part of the Women Activists of East London project, which has been developed by Share UK, a non-profit community group based in London.

Special thanks to the Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust for their support of today's episode.

Main theme by DanoSongs. Incidental music by Purple Planet Music.

Produced and edited by Steve Woodward at PodcastingEditor.com.

Further reading and links

Women Teachers and Feminist Politics by Alison Oram

(currently out of print, available used through Amazon)

On New Women:

Daughters of decadence: the New Woman in the Victorian fin de siècle by Greg Buzwell (British Library)

On Ethel Froud:

Ethel Froud suffragette & NUWT secretary by Hilda Kean

On the National Union of Women Teachers:

A guide to the National Union of Women Teachers Archive Collection (University College London Library Services)

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