Format:
Book
Author:
Markel, Michelle.
Title:
Brave girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 / written by Michelle Markel ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Balzer + Bray, c2013.
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.
Subjects:
Lemlich, Clara, 1886-1982.
Shirtwaist Makers' Strike, New York, N.Y., 1909 -- Juvenile biography.
Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile biography.
Women clothing workers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile biography.
Women in the labor movement -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile biography.
Other Author:
Sweet, Melissa, 1956- ill.
LCCN:
2012025439
ISBN:
9780061804427
0061804428
System Availability:
4
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
4
Control Number:
777310
Call Number:
LEMLICH
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
4
# System items in:
4