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Match Girls Strike Radical Tea Towel campaign for nuclear disarmament Featuring the infamous punk coupleBesant is perhaps best known today for her involvement with the London match girls strike of 1888 at Bryant and Mays match factory in London. The workers were mainly poorly paid young women who were prone to industrial illnesses, like the bone rotting phossy jaw caused by chemicals used in match manufacture. Besant had been asked for help to set up a union and she went on to lead the women into a strike, forcing the firm to improve pay and conditions.