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.
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I read upon the subject and grew more and more interested, and after a time I became a member of the National Board, and had duties and responsibilities that kept me busy after my day's work was done.Rose Schneiderman
Our people were very restive, saying that they could not sit under that notice, and that if the National Board did not call them out soon they would go out of themselves.
Rose Schneiderman
We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting.
Rose Schneiderman
So we must stand together to resist, for we will get what we can take - just that and no more.
Rose Schneiderman
I learned the business in about two months, and then made as much as the others, and was consequently doing quite well when the factory burned down, destroying all our machines - 150 of them. This was very hard on the girls who had paid for their machines.
Rose Schneiderman
Women have proved in the late strike that they can be faithful to an organization and to each other. The men give us the credit of winning the strike.
Rose Schneiderman
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