Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved. What conclusion can be drawn by connecting knowledg
of the historical time period with information in the text?
League women came and went, usually at a run. Some
were Tadies," like Mary Dreier, others were worker-
members, like Rose Schneiderman, a former cap
maker, and Leonora O'Reilly, who had started work in a
collar factory at the age of eleven. Another League
member, Rose Pastor Stokes, known as the red Yiddish
Cinderella used to work in a cigar factory. When she
became engaged to the son of a millionaire - they had
met at a settlement house front page headlines in the
New York Times announced J. G. Phelps Stokes to
Wed Young Jewess. At strike headquarters Mrs. Stokes
delivered fiery speeches about freeing workers from the
shackles of the bosses.
The women of the league were wealthy women who
had little-to-no experience working in a garment
factory.
The support of wealthy league women contributed to
the successful outcome of the female garment
workers' strike,
Women who worked in garment factories were often
married, so it was not critical that they receive equal
pay.
Women who did not need to work were not interested
in or aware of the difficulties faced by garment factory