What conclusion can be drawn by connecting knowledge of the historical time period with information
in the text?
Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.
League women came and went, usually at a run. Some
were "ladies," like Mary Dreier, others were worker-
members, like Rose Schneiderman, a former cap
maker, and Leonora O'Reilly, who had started work in a
collar factory at the age of eleven. Another League
member, Rose Pastor Stokes, known as the red
Yiddish Cinderella, used to work in a cigar factory.
When she became engaged to the son of a millionaire
- they had met at a settlement house front page
headlines in the New York Times announced J. G.
Phelps Stokes to Wed Young Jewess. At strike
headquarters Mrs. Stokes delivered fiery speeches
about freeing workers from the shackles of the bosses.
The women of the league were wealthy women who
had little-to-no experience working in a garment
factory
The support of wealthy league women contributed to
the successful outcome of the female garment
workers' strike.
O Women who worked in garment factories were often
married, so it was not critical that they receive equal
pay.
O Women who did not need to work were not
interested in or aware of the difficulties faced by
garment factory workers.