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Dagenham's equal pay strikers win 'Women of the Year' award

 

Sarah Morrison
Monday 14 October 2013 19:18 BST
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Presenter Lorraine Kelly (third right) stands with 'Dagenham Women' members of the former machinists plant at Ford Motor Company in Dagenham
Presenter Lorraine Kelly (third right) stands with 'Dagenham Women' members of the former machinists plant at Ford Motor Company in Dagenham (PA)

They got up from their sewing machines and walked out on strike more than forty years ago, but today the Dagenham women machinists who fought for equal pay were awarded the ‘Good Housekeeping’ Women of the Year Outstanding Achievement Award.

Vera Sime, 83, Eileen Pullen, 84, Gwen Davis, 81, Sheila Douglass, 77, Dora Challingsworth, 74, Pamela Brown, 59, Sarah Kavia, 60, and Bharti Patel, 64 were pictured with Lorraine Kelly yesterday.

Ms Pullen said: “When we were going out on strike, we had no idea of the impact it would have in years to come.”

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