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Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909


By Michelle Markel

Reading Level: Early Elementary School
Genre: Biography
Publisher: HarperCollins 2013
An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the unfair working conditions in New York's garment district.

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