Memorial card for Ida Breiman

Memorial card for Ida Breiman

Breiman, Ida

Rochester's history is well-tied to the garment industry which brought long hours and unsafe conditions to its workers. Immigrant garment worker Ida Breiman joined a labor strike in an effort to secure better working conditions, shorter hours, and higher wages. Breiman was killed on February 5 when a sweatshop owner fired a shotgun into a crowd of strikers on the street, propelling her to the status of labor martyr. This card commemorates her death.

United Garment Workers Local 14, Rochester, N.Y.

1913

No Copyright - United States

Ephemera (text)

eng

RASCA 197

Private Collection, Linda Donahue; Rochester Institute of Technology