Emma Paterson

Emma Patterson (* 1848, † 1886) was an English suffragette.

Life

In 1874, Patterson founded the Women's Protective and Provident League (later the Women's Trade Union League) a trade union of working women. For example, a strike of weavers was organized in Dewsbury.

Patterson stressed the importance of women in the labor movement.

• Feminist
• Briton
• Born in 1848
• Died in 1886
• Woman