<P> The strike , led by Rose Boland , Eileen Pullen , Vera Sime , Gwen Davis , and Sheila Douglass , began on 7 June 1968 , when women sewing machinists at Ford Motor Company Limited 's Dagenham plant in London walked out , followed later by the machinists at Ford 's Halewood Body & Assembly plant . The women made car seat covers and as stock ran out the strike eventually resulted in a halt to all car production . </P>
<P> The strike , led by Rose Boland , Eileen Pullen , Vera Sime , Gwen Davis , and Sheila Douglass , began on 7 June 1968 , when women sewing machinists at Ford Motor Company Limited 's Dagenham plant in London walked out , followed later by the machinists at Ford 's Halewood Body & Assembly plant . The women made car seat covers and as stock ran out the strike eventually resulted in a halt to all car production . </P>
where did female machinists go on strike in 1968
where did female machinists go on strike in 1968
Ford Motor Company Limited 's Dagenham plant in London walked out , followed later by the machinists at Ford 's Halewood Body & Assembly plant
Ford Motor Company Limited 's Dagenham plant in London walked out , followed later by the machinists at Ford 's Halewood Body & Assembly plant