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Product Specifications
Book Summary
The true story of the young immigrant who led the largest strike of women
workers in U.S. history.
This picture book biography about Ukrainian immigrant Clara Lemlich tackles
topics like activism and the U.S. garment industry. The art, by Caldecott Honor
winner Melissa Sweet, beautifully incorporates stitching and fabric. A
bibliography and an author's note on the garment industry are included.
When Clara arrived in America, she couldn't speak English. She didn't know that
young women had to go to work, that they traded an education for long hours of
labor, that she was expected to grow up fast.
But that didn't stop Clara. She went to night
ISBN-13
9780061804427
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Publishing Date
2013-01-22
Total Pages
32
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
The true story of the young immigrant who led the largest strike of women
workers in U.S. history.
This picture book biography about Ukrainian immigrant Clara Lemlich tackles
topics like activism and the U.S. garment industry. The art, by Caldecott Honor
winner Melissa Sweet, beautifully incorporates stitching and fabric. A
bibliography and an author's note on the garment industry are included.
When Clara arrived in America, she couldn't speak English. She didn't know that
young women had to go to work, that they traded an education for long hours of
labor, that she was expected to grow up fast.
But that didn't stop Clara. She went to night