Uprising of the 20,000
E199190
The Uprising of the 20,000 was a massive 1909–1910 strike of mostly young immigrant women garment workers in New York City that became a landmark event in the American labor and women’s rights movements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uprising of the 20,000 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1788789 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uprising of the 20,000 Context triple: [International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, notableEvent, Uprising of the 20,000]
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A.
August General Uprising
August General Uprising is the alternative name for Vietnam’s August Revolution of 1945, a nationwide insurrection that led to the collapse of French and Japanese control and the establishment of an independent Vietnamese government under the Viet Minh.
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B.
Tambov Rebellion
The Tambov Rebellion was a major 1920–1921 peasant uprising in Soviet Russia against Bolshevik grain requisitioning and policies, notable for its scale and the Red Army’s harsh suppression.
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C.
Orlov Revolt
The Orlov Revolt was a failed 1770 Greek uprising against Ottoman rule, encouraged by Russia during the Russo-Turkish War and remembered as a precursor to the Greek War of Independence.
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D.
Spartacist uprising
The Spartacist uprising was a failed 1919 communist revolt in Berlin led by the Spartacus League, aiming to establish a socialist government in post–World War I Germany.
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E.
January 25 Uprising
The January 25 Uprising was a mass popular revolt in Egypt in early 2011 that led to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak and became a key event of the Arab Spring.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uprising of the 20,000 Target entity description: The Uprising of the 20,000 was a massive 1909–1910 strike of mostly young immigrant women garment workers in New York City that became a landmark event in the American labor and women’s rights movements.
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A.
August General Uprising
August General Uprising is the alternative name for Vietnam’s August Revolution of 1945, a nationwide insurrection that led to the collapse of French and Japanese control and the establishment of an independent Vietnamese government under the Viet Minh.
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B.
Tambov Rebellion
The Tambov Rebellion was a major 1920–1921 peasant uprising in Soviet Russia against Bolshevik grain requisitioning and policies, notable for its scale and the Red Army’s harsh suppression.
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C.
Orlov Revolt
The Orlov Revolt was a failed 1770 Greek uprising against Ottoman rule, encouraged by Russia during the Russo-Turkish War and remembered as a precursor to the Greek War of Independence.
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D.
Spartacist uprising
The Spartacist uprising was a failed 1919 communist revolt in Berlin led by the Spartacus League, aiming to establish a socialist government in post–World War I Germany.
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E.
January 25 Uprising
The January 25 Uprising was a mass popular revolt in Egypt in early 2011 that led to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak and became a key event of the Arab Spring.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
garment workers strike
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ labor strike ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
New York shirtwaist strike of 1909
ⓘ
The Uprising of the Twenty Thousand ⓘ |
| cause |
lack of union recognition
ⓘ
long working hours ⓘ low wages ⓘ poor working conditions ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
arrests of strikers
ⓘ
mass picketing ⓘ violence against picketers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| demographic |
Italian immigrant women
ⓘ
primarily Jewish immigrant women ⓘ |
| endDate | 1910-02-15 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
landmark in American labor history
ⓘ
landmark in American women’s rights history ⓘ major event in the early 20th-century garment labor movement ⓘ |
| industry | garment industry ⓘ |
| influenced |
labor reform legislation in New York
ⓘ
later garment workers’ organizing campaigns ⓘ |
| languageOfStrikers |
Italian
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| mainParticipants |
garment workers
ⓘ
mostly young immigrant women ⓘ shirtwaist workers ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Clara Lemlich
ⓘ
Pauline Newman ⓘ Rose Schneiderman ⓘ |
| notableSupporter |
Alva Belmont
ⓘ
Anne Morgan ⓘ Rose Pastor Stokes ⓘ |
| numberOfStrikers | approximately 20,000 ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
New York City Police Department
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City police
garment factory owners ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
ⓘ
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union ⓘ
surface form:
Local 25 of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
|
| preceded | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ |
| result |
collective bargaining agreements with many shops
ⓘ
improved wages for many workers ⓘ reduced working hours for many workers ⓘ some recognition of unions in the garment industry ⓘ |
| startDate | 1909-11-22 ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
National Women’s Trade Union League of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Women’s Trade Union League
middle-class women reformers ⓘ suffragists ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Progressive Era ⓘ |
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