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Factory women“The manufacturer has a vote; the bosses have votes; the foremen have votes, the inspectors have votes. The working girl has no vote.” - Clara…
Funding, and the class politics of activismActivism needs resources. Wealthier women provided funding that working class suffragists needed: to print leaflets & posters, rent meeting halls,…
Jessie Ashley, valiant rebelIf you were born rich and you know that’s not fair, what can you do? Jessie Ashley tried to use her advantages to make the world more just. Socialist,…
Leonora O'ReillyLeonora O’Reilly had a hand in umpteen important organizations of the Progressive Era. She was a founder of the Consumers League, the Women’s Trade…
No Night Work for WomenFFwd to 1913: Post-Triangle Shirtwaist fire, safety laws finally pass. 1 bans women from night shifts➡️female printers, proofers @nytimes & other…
Rosh Hashana, Day 1: Meet Rose SchneidermanTo ring in the Jewish new year, I’m highlighting 2 women whose impact on labor rights for all working people -esp. women- endures. Both fierce union…
Rosh Hashana, Day 2: Meet Pauline NewmanPauline Newman was dykier than Rose. At 16 she led the biggest rent strike in NYC. After scores of friends died in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, she…
Scale of atrocity * caliber of organizingWhy do some tragedies generate change and others don’t? 109 years ago today the Triangle Shirtwaist fire killed 146 people - mostly Jewish &…
Serving two GodsRose Schneiderman and Leonora O’Reilly were featured speakers at NAWSA conventions as early as 1907. The leaders of the suffrage mainstream warmed to…
South DakotaSouth Dakota became a state in 1899. Its motto: “Under God the People Rule.” National suffrage leaders converged on the state immediately to campaign…