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During President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal administration, Schneiderman served in the National Recovery Administration (NRA) and as head of the New York State Department of Labor from 1937-1943. She was a dynamic speaker, a valiant fighter for women's suffrage and a champion of the cause of the most exploited workers in America industry. She helped to inspire and train a new generation of organizers. | During President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal administration, Schneiderman served in the National Recovery Administration (NRA) and as head of the New York State Department of Labor from 1937-1943. She was a dynamic speaker, a valiant fighter for women's suffrage and a champion of the cause of the most exploited workers in America industry. She helped to inspire and train a new generation of organizers. | ||
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Painting by May Stevens, inspired by a quote from Lucy Parsons, on a poster from the Images of Labor poster series. | |||
"We are the slaves of slaves. We are exploited more ruthlessly than men." | |||
Lucy Parsons (1853 - 1942), a woman of color and a working-class revolutionary, was the wife of Albert Parsons, one of four anarchists executed in 1887 for inciting the Haymarket Riot. Parsons wrote and lectured extensively in an effort not only to clear her husband's name, but to spread the principles of socialism to American workers. | |||
One of two women invited to speak at the founding convention of the Industrial Workers of the World in 1905, Parsons urged the fledgling organization to concentrate its efforts on organizing women workers, particularly those employed in the textile industry. | |||
Images from the Images of Labor Collection, Bread and Roses, artist May Stevens. | |||
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Rose Schneiderman (1884-1972)
This is a photo of one of the pioneer women organizers of the 20th century -- Rose Schneiderman, shown in this undated image at a sewing machine that was her vehicle into the labor movement. She was one of the founding members and leaders of the Women's Trade Union League, an organization which promoted the cause of women workers at a time when the conventional trade union movement ignored their plight.
During President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal administration, Schneiderman served in the National Recovery Administration (NRA) and as head of the New York State Department of Labor from 1937-1943. She was a dynamic speaker, a valiant fighter for women's suffrage and a champion of the cause of the most exploited workers in America industry. She helped to inspire and train a new generation of organizers.
Painting by May Stevens, inspired by a quote from Lucy Parsons, on a poster from the Images of Labor poster series. "We are the slaves of slaves. We are exploited more ruthlessly than men."
Lucy Parsons (1853 - 1942), a woman of color and a working-class revolutionary, was the wife of Albert Parsons, one of four anarchists executed in 1887 for inciting the Haymarket Riot. Parsons wrote and lectured extensively in an effort not only to clear her husband's name, but to spread the principles of socialism to American workers.
One of two women invited to speak at the founding convention of the Industrial Workers of the World in 1905, Parsons urged the fledgling organization to concentrate its efforts on organizing women workers, particularly those employed in the textile industry.
Images from the Images of Labor Collection, Bread and Roses, artist May Stevens.
Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) button, 1974. CLUW was organized to highlight special demands of women in the labor movement including as greater representation in union leadership, access to higher skilled, better paid jobs, and the elemination of the wage differential between men and women workers. The button's message satarizes the old expression, "A woman's place is in the home."
