An Appeal from the Female Political Union of Newcastle, 1839 | What was Chartism?

In this video Helen Kavanagh reads an Appeal in the Northern Star (a Chartist newspaper) from the Female Political Union of Newcastle. This conveys some of the key arguments made by Chartists in calling for the reform of Parliament and the vote to be extended to working class men. Chartism was the first mass working class political movement in the UK.
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Beautiful speech.