• Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 Мишель Маркел
    ISBN: 0061804428
    Год издания: 2013
    Издательство: Balzer + Bray
    Язык: Английский

    When Clara Lemlich arrived in America, she couldn't speak English. She didn't know that young women had to go to work, that they traded an education for long hours of labor, that she was expected to grow up fast. But that did not stop Clara. She went to night school, spent hours studying English, and helped support her family by sewing in a factory. Clara never quit. And she never accepted that girls should be treated poorly and paid little. So Clara fought back. Fed up with the mistreatment of her fellow laborers, Clara led the largest walkout of women workers in the country's history. Clara had learned a lot from her…

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