Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

By MARKEL, Michelle

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ISBN
978-0-06-180442-7
Publisher
HarperCollins Balzer & Bray


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School Library Journal

Starred Review on January 1, 2013  |  Preschool to Grade 4

K-Gr 3—This picture-book biography of Clara Lemlich, a spitfire who fought hard for better working conditions, is an engaging, informative introduction to her activism as well as to the deplorable state of the U.S. garment industry in the early 1900s. Ukrainian-born Lemlich came to the United States with her parents to escape the Kishinev pogrom of 1903, only to be thrust into another appalling nightmare: the American sh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on February 1, 2013

The plight of early-twentieth-century female garment workers is brought to life in this biography of labor leader Clara Lemlich. To escape persecution in their native Ukraine, the Jewish Lemlichs immigrated to New York City, where young Clara quickly found work in a shirtwaist factory. Outraged by the dangerous and unfair working conditions, Clara successfully instigated a citywide stri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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