Rose Schneiderman
Rose Schneiderman · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Labor leader whose advocacy after the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire drove New York's landmark workplace-safety and fire-code laws
1882, Sawin, Russian Poland — 1972, New York City, USA
New York City
Rose Schneiderman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Labor leader whose advocacy after the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire drove New York's landmark workplace-safety and fire-code laws
Rose Schneiderman was a Polish-born Jewish labor leader whose organizing and eloquent advocacy after the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire helped drive New York's landmark workplace-safety and fire-code reforms. President of the National Women's Trade Union League and an adviser on New Deal labor policy, she coined the rallying phrase 'bread and roses'. She was Jewish.
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Source: Wikipedia; Jewish Women's Archive
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Labor leader whose advocacy after the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire drove New York's landmark workplace-safety and fire-code laws
Source: Wikipedia; Jewish Women's Archive
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