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  2. Matchgirls' strike - Wikipedia

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    Matchgirls' strike. In July 1888, the women and teenage girls working at the Bryant & May match factory in Bow, London, England went on strike. At first, the strikers were protesting the dismissal of a worker after employees had refused a demand from Bryant & May management to repudiate an article on terrible working conditions at the factory.

  3. Matchbook - Wikipedia

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    Matchbook cover, World War II, Uncle Sam. A "matchcover", or "matchbook cover", is a thin cardboard covering that folds over match sticks in a "book" or "pack" of matches. Covers have been used as a form of advertising since 1894, two years after they were patented, and since then, have attracted people who enjoy the hobby of collecting.

  4. Lang's Fairy Books - Wikipedia

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    Nora is not named on the front cover or spines of any of the Coloured Fairy Books, which all tout Andrew as their editor. However, as Andrew acknowledges in a preface to The Lilac Fairy Book (1910), "The fairy books have been almost wholly the work of Mrs. Lang, who has translated and adapted them from the French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, and other languages."

  5. The Little Match Girl - Wikipedia

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    The cover art for chapter 43 (vol. 3) of Komi-san wa, Komyushou Desu. features Komi-san dressed up as the little match girl in a snowy street holding a lit match. One Piece cover story from chapter 247 shows former king Wapol, at that point a beggar, selling matches in a snowy street with the subtitles "I'm the little match girl".

  6. Yourself or Someone Like You - Wikipedia

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    Professional ratings. Yourself or Someone Like You is the debut album by American rock band Matchbox 20. It was released on October 1, 1996, [8] by Lava Records and Atlantic Records. The album was certified 12× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America .

  7. Sarah Chapman - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Chapman. Sarah Chapman (later Dearman; 31 October 1862 [1] – 27 November 1945 [2]) was a British trade unionist who was one of the leaders of the 1888 Bryant & May matchgirls' strike. [3] Chapman and others involved in the strike have since been recognised as "pioneers of sex equality and fairness at work who left a lasting legacy on ...

  8. New law in Iowa allows 14-year-olds get a driver’s license

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    South Dakota also allows 14-and-a-half-year-olds to get a restricted minor’s permit, letting them drive largely wherever they’d like from 6:00 a.m. through 10:00 p.m.

  9. Pictures of Matchstick Men - Wikipedia

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    One of the instruments played in this rendering is a violin. [13] It is played at the end of the Ray Donovan episode, "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" (2017; season 5, episode 7). [14] In 1996, Arjen Anthony Lucassen recorded a cover of this song for his cover album, Strange Hobby.