Rivington StreetThe story of four determined young women in New York in the first two decades of the 20th century who dare to challenge the roles society has designed for them. |
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Page 40
... organized attempt at self - defense , de- spite the fact that they outnumbered the rioters by at least ten to one . A group of one hundred fifty Jews fought back on the second day of the pogrom , in the New Market . The police then ...
... organized attempt at self - defense , de- spite the fact that they outnumbered the rioters by at least ten to one . A group of one hundred fifty Jews fought back on the second day of the pogrom , in the New Market . The police then ...
Page 72
... organize every place I worked since I was fourteen ? Don't you remember I'm one of the only three girls in the ... organized cigar factory where he worked . In shirtwaist , the work force was mostly female . Only the male cutters ...
... organize every place I worked since I was fourteen ? Don't you remember I'm one of the only three girls in the ... organized cigar factory where he worked . In shirtwaist , the work force was mostly female . Only the male cutters ...
Page 81
... organize in an industry like this ? " Abe Baroff , president of the local , would cry . " How do you even find the ... organized only by a gen- eral strike that could reach all the workers . Nothing else would keep the little shops ...
... organize in an industry like this ? " Abe Baroff , president of the local , would cry . " How do you even find the ... organized only by a gen- eral strike that could reach all the workers . Nothing else would keep the little shops ...
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