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[2015]., Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: HISTORICAL F CRO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A historical fiction novel in verse detailing the life of Clara Lemlich and her struggle for women's labor rights in the early 20th century in New York.
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c2013., Juvenile, Balzer + Bray Call No: 331.892 88711509747109041 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike. It describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the terrible working conditions in New York's garment district.
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c2013., Juvenile, Balzer + Bray Call No: Easy MARKEL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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c2013., Juvenile, Balzer + Bray Call No: 331.892 88711509747109041 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike. It describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the terrible working conditions in New York's garment district.
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c2013., Juvenile, Balzer + Bray Call No: 331.8 MAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Picture book following the real life of Clara Lemlich, an immigrant who arrived in America not being able to speak English. She worked in a factory where poor young women were treated badly and paid very little. Taking night classes Clara learned English and about the freedom Americans championed, and decided to start a female worker's walk out that became the largest in US history, to fight for better women's pay.
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[2013]., Juvenile, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: E MAR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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-- Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909[2013]., Primary, Balzer + Bray Call No: 331.892 MAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes how immigrant Clara Lemlich, fought back against the poor treatment of her fellow factory workers and led the largest walkout of women workers in the country.
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c1997., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Mary Harris Jones, the union organizer who worked tirelessly for the rights of workers.
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1996., Lerner Publications Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Mary Harris Jones, the union organizer who worked tirelessly for the rights of workers.
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c2007., Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: 921 JONES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Graphic library.Summary Note: An account of the life of Mary "Mother" Jones, a leading labor union and child labor activist in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Presented in graphic format.
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c2011., Twenty-First Century Books Call No: 331.892 EDG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Civil rights struggles around the worldSummary Note: Chronicles the events surrounding the 1909 International Ladies Garment Workers Union strike, in which twenty thousand workers from five hundred shirtwaist factories went on strike to demand better hours, higher wages, and safer working conditions.
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c2011., Juvenile, Twenty-First Century Books Call No: 331.892 EDG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Civil rights struggles around the worldSummary Note: Chronicles the events surrounding the 1909 International Ladies Garment Workers Union strike, in which twenty thousand workers from five hundred shirtwaist factories went on strike to demand better hours, higher wages, and safer working conditions.