1912 Lawrence textile strike
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The Lawrence Textile Strike, also known as the Bread and Roses Strike, was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World. Prompted by a t
Massachusetts militiamen with fixed bayonets surround a group of strikers
Postcard of American Woolen Co., Washington Mills, Lawrence, Mass.
The Massachusetts National Guard mounted on horses during the strike.
Political cartoon The Lawrence Way by Art Young with the caption: "On February 24 and 25, soldiers and policemen forcibly prevented parents from sending their children away from Lawrence to cities which offered food and shelter."
Bread and Roses
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"Bread and Roses" is a political slogan associated with women's suffrage and the labor movement, as well as an associated poem and song. It originated in a speech given by American women's suffrage ac
1912 Lawrence textile strike
…England raises of up to 20 percent. Within a year, however, the IWW had largely collapsed in Lawrence. The Lawrence strike is often referred to as the "Bread and Roses" strike. It has also been called the "strike for three loaves". The phrase "bread and roses" actually preceded the strike, appearing in a poem by James…
"As we come marching, marching, in the beauty of the day, / A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill-lofts gray"—first lines of Bread and Roses. Image of workers marching during the Lawrence textile strike.
Poster from 1912 of Rose Schneiderman as speaker with her famous bread and roses quote printed on it