Conversation

"They flocked to the mansion of the man who owned the biggest factory in the city and smashed every one of its windows. Then they moved on to the next one. Some of the largest bands were led by men in drag who called themselves “General Ludd’s wives.”

From 'Blood in the Machine,' a history of the Luddites. This was a solidarity with the women whose cotton spinning trade was crushed by machine and factory automation decades before the Luddite wool weavers and croppers became affected.