Brave girl
Subtitle: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
By: written by Michelle Markel ; pictures by Melissa Sweet
Contributors: Sweet, Melissa, 1956-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9780061804427
Subjects: Women in the labor movement; Women clothing workers; Strikes and lockouts; Clothing trade; Juvenile literature; Shirtwaist Makers' Strike, New York, N.Y., 1909
Description: An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the unfair working conditions in New York's garment district.