Summary Of The Book By Clara Lemlich

This picturebook is about the true story of Clara Lemlich, a young girl, who emigrated with her family from Ukraine to the United States. To be able to pay for food and rent, she started working in the garment industry. She was surprised that thousands of young women had to traded their education for long hours of labor. But this did not stop clara. She went to school at night, and spend hours studying English. She knew it was wrong that workers were badly mistreated and forced to work long hours and under harsh conditions. She started to urged the girls to protest and fight for their rights. Even though through the process she was beaten, arrested, and fired multiple times, she never gave up. She was able to start the largest walkout of