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Title details for Brave Girl by Michelle Markel - Available

Brave Girl

Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

by Michelle Markel
Lesa Lockford
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When Clara arrived in America, she couldn't speak English. She didn't know that young women had to go to work, that they traded an education for long hours of labor, that she was expected to grow up fast. But that didn't stop Clara. She went to night school, spent hours studying English, and helped support her family by sewing in a shirtwaist factory. Clara never quit, and she never accepted that girls should be treated poorly and paid little. Fed up with the mistreatment of her fellow laborers, Clara led the largest walkout of women workers the country had seen. From her short time in America, Clara learned that everyone deserved a fair chance. That you had to stand together and fight for what you wanted. And, most importantly, that you could do anything you put your mind to.

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  • Release date

    August 5, 2014

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666586886
      • File size: 5900 KB
      • Duration: 00:12:17

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 760
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Lesa Lockford's narration is as quiet and firm as heroine Clara Lemlich, who resolved to change the working conditions of American women and girls in the New York garment industry. In the early twentieth century, immigrant Clara navigates the hardships facing young factory workers and steels her determination to better herself through night school. She then sets out to improve the lives of her female co-workers through labor strikes. Lockford's use of inflection underscores Clara's grit--her pursuit of literacy and her admonition to "stand fast, girls" when it comes time to strike. Through well-timed pauses, Lockford illuminates key facts of Clara's story, for example, that the 1909 walkout was the largest women's strike in United States history. A.R.
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from February 4, 2013
      When immigrant Clara Lemlich arrived in New York City, she was “dirt poor, just five feet tall, and hardly a word of English,” but she wasn’t short on tenacity and determination. After becoming employed as a garment worker and witnessing firsthand the deplorable factory conditions, she began to organize her fellow workers. Markel doesn’t sugarcoat the obstacles and injuries Lemlich faced as she went on to lead the “largest walkout of women workers in U.S. history.” Sweet incorporates images of assorted fabrics and stitch patterns into her tender illustrations, brightening the lives of workers whose reality was bleak. Author’s agent: Anna Olswanger, Liza Dawson Associates. Ages 4–8.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:760
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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