Clara Lemlich led the Uprising of N.Y. garment workers "I am a working girl, one of those striking against intolerable conditions," she told the crowd "And I have no further patience for talk." 700 of the women she led on the strike were arrested, 19 were sentenced to labor camps. The next year a fire in her factory killed 146 workers: steel doors had been bolted shut to prevent workers from going on breaks. She lived to be 96.Clara Lemlich led the Uprising of N.Y. garment workers "I am a working girl, one of those striking against intolerable conditions," she told the crowd "And I have no further patience for talk." 700 of the women she led on the strike were arrested, 19 were sentenced to labor camps. The next year a fire in her factory killed 146 workers: steel doors had been bolted shut to prevent workers from going on breaks. She lived to be 96.
Clara Lemlich led the Uprising of N.Y. garment workers "I am a working girl, one of those striking against intolerable conditions," she told the crowd "And I have no further patience for talk." 700 of the women she led on the strike were arrested, 19 were sentenced to labor camps. The next year a fire in her factory killed 146 workers: steel doors had been bolted shut to prevent workers from going on breaks. She lived to be 96.