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The Great Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912 - New Scholarship on the Bread & Roses Strike (Paperback)
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The Great Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912 - New Scholarship on the Bread & Roses Strike (Paperback)
Series: Work, Health and Environment Series
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"In Lawrence, Massachusetts, fully one-half of the population 14
years of age or over is employed in the woolen and worsted mills
and cotton mills". Thus begins the federal government's Report on
Strike of Textile Workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 . This
book follows up, one hundred years later. The story's retelling
offers readers an exciting reexamination of just how powerful a
united working class can be. The Great Lawrence Textile Strike of
1912 - the Bread and Roses Strike - was a public protest by 20,000
to 25,000 immigrant workers from several countries, prompted by a
wage cut. Backed by skillful neighborhood organizing, supported by
hundreds of acts of solidarity, and unified by a commitment to
respect every striker's nationality and language, the walkout
spread across the city's densely packed tenements. Defying the
assumptions of mill owners and conservative trade unionists alike
that largely female and ethnically diverse workers could not be
organized, the women activists, as one mill boss described them,
were full of "lots of cunning and also lots of bad temper. They're
everywhere, and it's getting worse all the time." Events in
Lawrence between January 11 and March 25, 1912, changed labor
history. In this volume the authors tackle the strike story through
new lenses and dispel assumptions that the citywide walkout was a
spontaneous one led by outside agitators. They also discuss the
importance of grasping the significance of events like the 1912
strike and engaging in the process of community remembrance. This
book appeals to a wide constituency. Most directly, it is of great
relevance to historians of labor, industrialization, immigration,
and the development of cities, as well as researchers studying
social movements. The story of the Bread and Roses Strike resonates
strongly with social justice supporters, the women's movement,
advocates for children's well-being, and anti-poverty
organizations. Social studies and college-level teachers will find
it a rich resource. Graduate-level students will find inspiration
for further research. The Bread and Roses strike has excellent name
recognition and has always had a considerable international
audience.
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