34 Quotes by Rose Schneiderman

I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship.

But every time the workers come out in the only way they know to protest against conditions which are unbearable the strong hand of the law is allowed to press down heavily upon us.

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.

We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat.

We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting.

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.

Yet the Senator says nothing about these women losing their charm. They have got to retain their charm and delicacy and work in foundries.

During this strike period we girls each received $3 a week; single men $3 a week, and married men $5 a week. This was paid us by the National Board.

The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with.