A young Jewish immigrant from Poland, Rose Schneiderman went to
work in a cap factory in New York City when she was just thirteen
years old. She saw that women workers earned much less than men,
that the factory was cold and dirty, without even clean water for
the workers to drink. Rose spoke up for better conditions, and
organized 20,000 women to walk out, leaving factories all over the
city empty and still. Following the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
fire in 1911, Rose's speech at the Metropolitan Opera House
galvanized support for better working conditions. The International
Ladies Garment Workers Union was born. Includes historical photos
and bibliography, plus a note to families about tikkun olam,
repairing the world, a core element of Jewish tradition.
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