Blackburn Female Reform Society

[1] They immediately sent a circular to other districts, inviting the wives and daughters of the workmen in the different branches of manufacturing to form themselves into similar societies.

[2] In Nottingham, reformers decided to adopt the Blackburn model.

[3] "In Blackburn the members of the Female Reform Society pledged themselves "to use our utmost endeavor to instill into our children a deep and rooted hatred of our corrupt and tyrannical rulers".

One means was the use of the Bad Alphabet for the Use of the Children of Female Reformers: B is for Bible, Bishop and Bigotry; K is for King, Kings Evil and Knave and Kidnapper; W is for Whig, Weakness, Wavering and Wicked."

The Blackburn reformers model involved gift-giving, including the presentation of caps of liberty, action which was mirrored by societies in Stockport and Galston.