Bread and Roses strike
This poet wrote the poem "Bread and Roses".
Who is James Oppenheim?
This is the date that the fire erupted at a shirt factory in New York
What is March, 25, 1911?
This young woman's death was blamed on a man and his colleague but was likely shot by the police a few days into the strike
Who was Anna LoPizzo?
There were these many garment factories in New York City.
What is five hundred?
This is the name of the union that AFL stands for
What is The American Federation of Labor?
This is the year that the Bread and Roses strike began
What was 1911?
There was a fatal fire at the building of this shirt company.
What is Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
This person was joined by Smiling Joe and was also accused of murdering a young woman
Who was Arturo Giovannitti?
Half of the children born in Lawrence around the year 1900 died before this age
What is Six years old?
This is the union that linked up to defeat the strikers with the AFL
What is the United Textile Workers (UTW)?
The children of the strikers were sent to this location to be safe from the strike.
What is New York?
This was written on a sign that the women in the laundry work force described going up every Saturday afternoon
What is "If you don't come in on Sunday, you need not come in on Monday."?
This woman wrote about the working conditions in Milwaukee brewery after working there briefly in 1910.
Who was Mother Mary Jones?
What is 25 years old?
These were the three demands of the labor unions at the turn of the 20th century.
What is an eight hour work day, living wages, and safe working conditions?
These people along with the police were sent to deal with the strikers.
What is the army?
The ladder of the fire chief of New York could only reach this floor
(Bonus: about how many workers were trapped above that floor for perhaps twelve hours or more?)
What is the seventh floor?
(500,000)
Who were Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Big Bill Haywood?
These two accidents were responsible for most deaths during the time
What is thick smoke and machinery?
This book described the dangerous working conditions for women in the steam laundry work force
What is the Handbook of the Women's Trade Union Industrial League?
This is the month that the children of the strikers came home.
What is March?
This was the powder that the chalk or talcum was replaced with at a certain embroidery factory that caused awful symptoms and sickness
What is white lead powder?
This poet wrote the lines: "In unaired rooms, Mother's and fathers sew by day and by night..." in Cosmopolitan magazine.
Who was Edwin Markham?
This is why labor unions often excluded immigrant workers because of this reason
What is not wanting to sort them into groups
This union reduced the long day to nine hours in one city
What is The Laundry Workers Union?