Cooperative Movement
A History of the International Co-op Movement
Rochdale, England, is considered the birthplace of the modern cooperative movement.
Robert Owen (1771-1858), a socialist thinker and practitioner whose idea of "co-operation" laid the groundwork for subsequent developments
The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founded in 1844, was the world's first cooperative store. It was located on Toad Lane, Rochdale. The old store building now houses a museum on the history of the cooperative movement.
In Manchester, one can find Holyoake House, home of the Co-operative Union, Co-operative College, and the National Co-operative Archives. Holyoake House itself is located in a historic district surrounded by buildings related to the once-bustling co-operative economy of the UK.
Co-operative Union plaque (Holyoake House, Manchester)
"Go to Church Sunday," with reference to Kagawa as "the Billy Sunday of Japan," Los Angeles Times, 10 January 1925
During his 1925 US tour, Kagawa made several appearances in California and Utah (indicated by the red dots), including one at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, where he was billed as the "Billy Sunday of Japan" (Billy Sunday, 1862-1935, was an influential baseball player-turned evangelical preacher)
Kagawa in the Coal Fields, Cooperative League of the USA records, Truman Presidential Library
In the middle of his 1936 US tour, Kagawa visited West Virginia to see a "People's University" organized by the local Coal Areas Committee.
Rochdale Cooperative Society sign
This StoryMap was created with the support of Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (KAKENHI) Grant Number G22K13195.
