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K-Gr 3—Ukrainian immigrant Clara Lemlich began working at a textile factory a mere two weeks after arriving in New York, working 11 hours a day, six days a week, for a pittance. Frustrated by the working conditions she and so many others—some as young as 12 years old—faced, Clara put herself in peril by leading picket lines and organizing strikes. In 1909, at the age of 23, she incited the famous Uprising of the Twenty Thousand, which ultimate...Log In or Sign Up to Read More