The organisation sprang from the wider labour movements of the early 19th century , influenced by Chartism and campaigns for women 's enfranchisement . Fildes , who had been present at the Peterloo Massacre , had previously been president of the Manchester-based Society of Female Reformers ( itself a response to Blackburn Female Reform Society )
Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo Massacre
Female Political Union of the Working Classes