caption death_date children birth_place birth_date spouse known_for image article_title name occupation
lemlich circa 1910 12 july 1982 irving charles velson martha shavelson schaffer rita shavelson margules gorodok , ukraine march 28 , 1886 joe his death -rrb- abe goldman -lrb- 1960 & ndash ; shavelson 1967 -rrb- -lrb- 1913 & ndash ; 1951 , leader of the uprising of the 20,000 clara lemlich 1910.jpg clara lemlich
 clara lemlich union organizer , suffragist , activist
clara lemlich

clara lemlich shavelson -lrb- march 28 , 1886 -- july 12 , 1982 -rrb- was a leader of the uprising of 20,000 , the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in new york 's garment industry in 1909 .
later blacklisted from the industry for her labor union work , she became a member of the communist party usa and a consumer activist .
in her last years as a nursing home resident she helped to organize the staff .
