Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet
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- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Jewish
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2013
Word Count 1,436
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 156055, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Women in the labor movement--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature
- Lemlich, Clara, 1886-1982--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- New York
- Clothing trade
- New York.
- Women clothing workers--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature
- New York (State)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Business & Economics
- Strikes and lockouts
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- Shirtwaist Makers' Strike, New York, N.Y., 1909--Juvenile literature
- Lemlich, Clara
- Women clothing workers
- Shirtwaist Makers' Strike, New York, N.Y., 19
- Strikes and lockouts--Clothing trade--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature
- Women in the labor movement
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- Inspiring, Imaginative Women
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- Gender & Sexism
- Social Justice
- Nonviolent Protest & Resistance
- Just, Inclusive Society
- Working Together for Justice
- Love Your Neighbor
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