Describe the typical workday of a sweatshop factory worker. How much would they earn? Where did they live?
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accusations (5)
camaraderie (6)
aristocrats (8)
asphyxiation (10)
indignities (14)
Chapter 2
How was Clara Lemich introduced to the idea of unionization? Where did this learning start?
Vocabulary:
menacing (19)
squalor (20)
alluring (20)
retain (28)
oppressor (28)
audacity (29)
Chapter 3
What changes in America allowed higher class women to become involved in the fight for equal rights?
Vocabulary:
imploring (33)
magistrates (34)
unity (35)
fervor (37)
exploit (39)
mediocre (43)
Chapter 4
How was Clara different from the other speakers at the meeting?
Vocabulary:
hysteria (52)
proverbs (54)
suffragist (55)
retorted (56)
contagion (56)
Chapter 5
How did the strikers work to support one another while protesting? Provide at least 3 examples.
Vocabulary:
gesticulating (61)
gaiety (64)
concessions (66)
solidarity (67)
eloquent (67)
Chapter 6
Why would the independent income of the college women allow them to confront the factory owners?
Vocabulary:
transfusion (73)
genteel (75)
contention (78)
restraint (81)
Chapter 7
What reason do the factory owners have for not wanting to settle with the strikers?
Vocabulary:
solemn (85)
dictated (87)
arbitration (93)
Chapter 8
How did the fact that women couldn't vote affect the way they were treated?
Vocabulary:
escalated (97)
futile (97)
philanthropist (100)
earnest (104)
complacently (106)
Chapter 9
In what ways were the strikers depicted in the media? What about the strike breakers?
Vocabulary:
agitator (110)
provocation (112)
servitude (117)
insensibility (119)
Chapter 10
What caused the break between the rich and poor strikers?
Vocabulary:
exaltation (125)
infallible (126)
tirade (130)
Chapter 11 - Epilogue
Why was the Triangle fire so important to women's rights and safety in the workplace?
Vocabulary:
initiation (136)
menial (136)
prominent (138)
capacity (145)
what is the theme of the book?
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