[2] In the provinces Selina Cooper, Ada Nield Chew and Aldersley, experienced labour activists from Lancashire,[3] addressed Welsh mining communities in the Ammanford and Gwendraeth valleys, while Sarah Dickenson supported local leaders such as Minnie Davies of Lampeter and Catherine Smith in the rural area around Llanelli.
[4] In around 1910 Aldersley joined the Nelson & Clitheroe Suffrage Society alongside Mary Atkinson, Harriette Beanland, Cissy Foley, Clara Staton and Selina Cooper before becoming an organiser for the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) in 1912 and a member of the executive committee.
In 1913 Aldersley was involved in the campaign for female suffrage during the Keighley by-elections on behalf of the NUWSS.
In 1915 Aldersley was invited to the International Woman Suffrage Alliance peace conference at The Hague in 1915 but she was unable to attend owing to the restriction of movement during World War I.
In 1934 they became involved in ant-fascism when Oswald Mosley formed the British Union of Fascists (BUF), but despite their best efforts the BUF was able to establish a branch in Nelson, Lancashire after disillusioned mill-workers became convinced by Mosley's plan to stimulate the textile industry by banning cotton imports.