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	Markel, Michells. BRAVE GIRL : CLARA AND THE SHIRTWAIST MAKERS' STRIKE OF 1909 New York : Balzer + Bray, 2013 IL K-3, RL 3.6 ISBN 0061804428
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Clara Lemlich arrives in America with her family as a little girl with great hopes. She learns to speak English, but soon finds that she must work rather than obtain an education. When she and her fellow workers suffer harsh conditions and mistreatment, she speaks out and perseveres, going on to form a union and leading one of the biggest strikes by working women in America’s history. (Booktalk by Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Committee, 2016)
	SUBJECTS:     Lemlich, Clara, 1886-1982.                         Picture books for children.                         Shirtwaist Makers' Strike, New York, N.Y., 1909.                         Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade.                         Women clothing workers.                         Women in the labor movement.

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