Clara Lemlich
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Clara Lemlich
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Clara Lemlich Shavelson was a leader of the Uprising of 20,000, the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York's garment industry in 1909, where she spoke in Yiddish and called for action. 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.
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Ukrainian-born Jewish American labor organizer (1886-1982)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Lemlich
date created:
2005-05-07T14:22:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T15:57:08Z
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