Early Life
Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Jowett received little formal education and at the age of eight was working at the local textile mill. In 1886 Jowett was promoted to overlooker and after attending evening classes in weaving and design at Bradford Technical College (now the University of Bradford), was employed as a manager at the mill.
As a young man Jowett read the works of William Morris and in 1886 he joined the Socialist League. This organisation was won over to anarchism after 1889 and so Jowett became involved with the Bradford Labour Union, a group formed to support strikers at the Manningham Mills in Bradford. Jowett was a Christian Socialist and was furious when local churchman criticised the strikers. Jowett responded by helping to form a Labour Church in the town.
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