Women taking up roles in the workplace, emptied of men as World War One began, soon showed conflict was not confined to the front line. One group of Cumbrian textile workers made sure the fight for their rights got national attention.

Drafted in to fill the gaps in factories and offices, more than one million women joined the workforce between 1914 and 1918.

But the poor conditions and long working hours soon left them with the need to launch the battle for their rights.

Little is now remembered about the fight for better pay of women working at Ainsworth Mill in Cleator Moor.  More