Clara Lemlich

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feminist human immigrant labor organizer political activist suffragist trade unionist

Clara Lemlich was a Ukrainian-born American labor organizer and suffragist best known for leading the 1909 New York shirtwaist workers’ strike and becoming a key figure in the early 20th-century labor movement.

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Label Occurrences
Clara Lemlich canonical 5
Clara Lemlich Shavelson 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feminist ⓘ
human ⓘ
immigrant ⓘ
labor organizer ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
suffragist ⓘ
trade unionist ⓘ
advocatedFor better wages for garment workers ⓘ
consumer rights ⓘ
safer working conditions ⓘ
shorter working hours ⓘ
women's right to vote ⓘ
birthDate 1886-03-28 ⓘ
birthName Clara Lemlich self-link ⓘ
birthPlace Gorodok, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire ⓘ
present-day Horodok, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1982-07-12 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Erlikh ⓘ
surface form: Lemlich
fieldOfWork labor rights ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ
workers' education ⓘ
fullName Clara Lemlich self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Clara Lemlich Shavelson
gender female ⓘ
givenName Clara ⓘ
immigratedTo New York City ⓘ
knownAs Clara Lemlich ⓘ
surface form: Clara Lemlich Shavelson
knownForEvent Uprising of the 20,000 ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
memberOf Communist Party USA ⓘ
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union ⓘ
National Women’s Trade Union League of America ⓘ
surface form: Women's Trade Union League
movement labor movement ⓘ
socialist movement ⓘ
women's suffrage movement ⓘ
notableFor involvement in the American suffrage movement ⓘ
leadership in the 1909 New York shirtwaist workers’ strike ⓘ
organizing women garment workers ⓘ
role in the early 20th-century labor movement ⓘ
occupation labor organizer ⓘ
social worker ⓘ
suffragist ⓘ
union organizer ⓘ
politicalIdeology socialism ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence The Bronx ⓘ
surface form: Bronx, New York

New York City ⓘ
spouse Joe Shavelson ⓘ

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International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union → notableLeader → Clara Lemlich ⓘ
Clara Lemlich → fullName → Clara Lemlich self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clara Lemlich Shavelson
Clara Lemlich → birthName → Clara Lemlich self-link ⓘ
Clara Lemlich → knownAs → Clara Lemlich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clara Lemlich Shavelson
Uprising of the 20,000 → notableLeader → Clara Lemlich ⓘ
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World → depicts → Clara Lemlich ⓘ
Jewish labor movement → hasKeyFigure → Clara Lemlich ⓘ