Friday 13 July 2018

380) Rose Schneiderman

Rose Schneiderman (1882 – 1972). American socialist and feminist, and one of the most prominent women labor union leaders.
She is credited with coining the phrase "Bread and Roses," to indicate a worker's right to something higher than subsistence living. 

 

- "A small person with a fiery spirit and vivid red hair, she would have an outsize role in campaigns to improve working conditions and wages for women." http://rhppi.org/womentakethelead/exhibit/eleanor-roosevelt-politics-and-public-life/

- “Rose Schneidermanìs red hair, her anger, did make her seem like a torch, sometimes.” https://books.google.it/books…

- “Only four feet nine inches tall, with flaming red hair, the diminutive Polish Jewish immigrant possessed legendary power as an orator.https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/schneiderman-rose

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