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Living the Legacy - Keyword: Textile Industry

From Suffering to Action, From the Individual to the Collective

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.

Bread and Roses - Defining Basic Needs

Unit 1, Lesson 1

Explore the concept of “Bread and Roses” and ideas about work and dignity, with specific cases on education and culture, hats and clothing, poetry and song, as well as traditional Jewish texts about labor.

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