Uprising of the 20,000

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The Uprising of the 20,000 was a massive 1909–1910 strike of mostly young immigrant women garment workers in New York City that became a landmark event in the American labor and women’s rights movements.

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Uprising of the 20,000 canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf garment workers strike ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ
alsoKnownAs New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 ⓘ
The Uprising of the Twenty Thousand ⓘ
cause lack of union recognition ⓘ
long working hours ⓘ
low wages ⓘ
poor working conditions ⓘ
characterizedBy arrests of strikers ⓘ
mass picketing ⓘ
violence against picketers ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demographic Italian immigrant women ⓘ
primarily Jewish immigrant women ⓘ
endDate 1910-02-15 ⓘ
historicalSignificance landmark in American labor history ⓘ
landmark in American women’s rights history ⓘ
major event in the early 20th-century garment labor movement ⓘ
industry garment industry ⓘ
influenced labor reform legislation in New York ⓘ
later garment workers’ organizing campaigns ⓘ
languageOfStrikers Italian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
mainParticipants garment workers ⓘ
mostly young immigrant women ⓘ
shirtwaist workers ⓘ
notableLeader Clara Lemlich ⓘ
Pauline Newman ⓘ
Rose Schneiderman ⓘ
notableSupporter Alva Belmont ⓘ
Anne Morgan ⓘ
Rose Pastor Stokes ⓘ
numberOfStrikers approximately 20,000 ⓘ
opposedBy New York City police ⓘ
garment factory owners ⓘ
organizedBy International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union ⓘ
Local 25 of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union ⓘ
preceded Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
result collective bargaining agreements with many shops ⓘ
improved wages for many workers ⓘ
reduced working hours for many workers ⓘ
some recognition of unions in the garment industry ⓘ
startDate 1909-11-22 ⓘ
supportedBy Women’s Trade Union League ⓘ
middle-class women reformers ⓘ
suffragists ⓘ
timePeriod Progressive Era ⓘ

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Clara Lemlich → knownForEvent → Uprising of the 20,000 ⓘ
New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 → alsoKnownAs → Uprising of the 20,000 ⓘ
The Uprising of the Twenty Thousand → alsoKnownAs → Uprising of the 20,000 ⓘ