We Stand As One: The International Ladies Garment Workers Strike

In 1909, on the Lower East Side of New York, thousands of immigrant women—many only teenagers—toiled at shirtwaist factories. For up to twelve hours a day, seven days a week, they hunched over sewing machines, making women’s blouses. But on November 23, 1909, twenty thousand shirtwaist workers from five hundred factories walked off the job. Learn the story of their grit and determination as they fought for fair wages and decent working conditions.

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