Rose Schneiderman
Rose Schneiderman
Rose Schneidermanwas an American socialist and feminist, and one of the most prominent women labor union leaders...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth6 April 1882
CountryPoland
movement unions trade
there is nothing more American than the trade-union movement.
girl spiritual men
To me, the labor movement was never just a way of getting higher wages. What appealed to me was the spiritual side of a great cause that created fellowship. You wanted the girl or the man who worked beside you to be treated just as well as you were, and an injury to one was the concern of all.
jobs men littles
The life of men and women is so cheap and property is so sacred. There are so many of us for one job it matters little if 146 of us are burned to death.
work average cost
By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own machines, which cost us $45, we paying for them on the installment plan. We paid $5 down and $1 a month after that.
thinking past nostalgia
I cannot think of a thing that was better in those good old days.
mean people unions
Today, for many people, being a union member simply means paying dues, but in the early days there were so few of us that if a majority of the members were not active, the union ceased to exist.
reconstruction workers
You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also.
mean-girls average victory
Then came a big strike. About 100 girls went out. The result was a victory, which netted us - I mean the girls - $2 increase in our wages on the average.
real progress movement
All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position in the labor movement.
sister mother brother
We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift.
strong class people
I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement.
rose bread ballots
The worker must have bread, but she must have roses too,
girl men years
After I had been working as a cap maker for three years it began to dawn on me that we girls needed an organization. The men had organized already, and had gained some advantages, but the bosses had lost nothing, as they took it out on us.
charm delicacy losing retain says senator women work
Yet the Senator says nothing about these women losing their charm. They have got to retain their charm and delicacy and work in foundries.