Living the Legacy - Keyword: Human Rights

Unit 1, Lesson 2

Investigate the workplace conditions that led immigrant women to strike in the “Uprising of the 20,000” in 1909-1910, and the tragedy of the Triangle fire that led to lasting labor reform.

Unit 1, Lesson 8

Explore contemporary Jewish labor campaigns on issues such as the living wage and the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, and analyze how and why Jewish organizations are advocating in solidarity with oppressed workers.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Living the Legacy - Keyword: Human Rights." (Viewed on May 25, 2013) <http://jwa.org/teach/livingthelegacy/keyword/Human-Rights>.