Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved What conclusion can be drawn by connecting knowledge
of the historical time period with information in the text?
League women came and went, usually at a run. Some
were "ladies," like Mary Dreier, others were worker-
O The women of the league were wealthy women who
members, like Rose Schneiderman, a former cap maker
and Leonora O'Reily, 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 millionairethey had
met at a settlement housefront page headlines in the
New York Times announced J. G. Phelps Stokes to Wed
had little-to-no experience working in a garment
factory.
O The support of wealthy league women contributed to
the successful outcome of the female garment
workers' strike.
O Women who worked in garment factories were often
married, so it was not critical that they rẽ eive equal
pay.
Young Jewess. At strike headquarters Mrs. Stokes
delvered fiery speeches about freeing workers from the
shackles of the bosses.
O Women who did not need to work were not interested
in or aware of the difficulties faced by garment factory
workers
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