Clara Lemlich
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Clara Lemlich Shavelson was a leader of the Uprising of 20,000, the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York's garment industry in 1909, where she spoke in Yiddish and called for action. Later
Lemlich c. 1910
Sketch of Lemlich from a 1909 article in The Kansas City Star, captioned with "Miss Clara Lemlich, who is at the head of thirty thousand girl strikers in New York."
Horodok, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
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Horodok is a city in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It is located on the Smotrych river in th
Clara Lemlich
…last years as a nursing home resident she helped to organize the staff. Lemlich was born March 28, 1886, in the former Russian, now Ukrainian town of Gorodok, to a Jewish family. Raised in a predominantly Yiddish-speaking village, young Lemlich learned to read Russian over her parents' objections, sewing…
Skyline of Horodok
Town hall in c. 1930
Ancient oak in downtown Horodok
The Smotrych River in Horodok