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Girls as Striking Workers (Paterson Strike, 1913)
On January 27, 1913, over 800 workers from the Henry Doherty Silk Mill went on strike when four members of the workers' committee were fired for organizing. Within a week, workers across 300 mills in Paterson, New Jersey, went on strike. Although the workforce was mainly composed of adult women, many mill girls joined the strike.
As factory workers, girls had skin in the game. |