In the summer of 1842, workers across Britain organized the first general strike within a capitalist country.  The strike started in North Staffordshire, where coal miners stopped working to demand better wages.  Word spread to other coal mining regions and in August, 800 coal miners gathered in Halifax, a town in West Yorkshire.  This virtually stopped railways, mines, factories, and mills from functioning.  Realizing the power they held by simply refusing to work, over half a million workers across the country then decided to stop working and demanded several things, two being better wages and the right to vote.  This was a monumental moment in the 1840s, however like many suffrage movements of the time, women were not included.  

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