Clara Lemlich, a 23-year-old Ukrainian immigrant, rose to a position of power in the women's labor movement, becoming the voice that incited the famous Uprising of the Twenty Thousand in 1909. Born in ...

Reading this at your desk right now, I'm sure it's hard for you to imagine working at a sweatshop. But at the turn of the 20th century, that was reality for Clara Lemlich, who, within two weeks of her ...

July 12, 2019, marks the 37th anniversary of Clara Lemlich’s death. While Lemlich may not be a household name, her and her team of “farbrente Yidishe meydlekh,” or “fiery Jewish girls,” had a profound ...

Even ardent feminists may not know the story of Clara Lemlich, but once you're done with Melanie Crowder's Audacity (Philomel), not only will you get a unique perspective of her life, but you'll also ...

A slight young woman with lively dark eyes pushed her way to the front of a crowd of garment workers at a union meeting in New York City in 1909 and demanded to be heard. “I am tired of listening to ...

Burglary was the usual occupation of Lawrence Ferrone, also known as Charles Rose. He had twice done time for that offense in New York state prisons. But Charley Rose was not a finicky man. He worked ...

On November 22, 1909, thousands of New York shirtwaist textile workers met at the Cooper Union building to meet with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union’s Local 25 leaders to discuss ...