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Author Markel, Michelle.

Title Brave girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 / written by Michelle Markel ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Balzer + Bray, c2013.

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Meadowlark Non-Fiction  331.89 MAR    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction  J 331.892 Mar    ---  Available
 Westside Non-Fiction  331.89 MAR    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Summary 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.
Study Program ACCELERATED READER RL 5.0 P 0.5 WEST
Source NBK 7/13 PPLY
Subject Lemlich, Clara, 1886-1982 -- Juvenile literature.
Shirtwaist Makers' Strike, New York, N.Y., 1909 -- Juvenile literature.
Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile literature.
Women clothing workers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile literature.
Women in the labor movement -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile literature.
Lemlich, Clara, 1886-1982.
Shirtwaist Makers' Strike, New York, N.Y., 1909.
Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- New York (State) -- New York.
Women clothing workers -- New York (State) -- New York.
Women in the labor movement -- New York (State) -- New York.
Added Author Sweet, Melissa, 1956- illustrator.
ISBN 9780061804427
0061804428

 
    
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