Wiki Wanderings: Bread and Roses
Jan. 11th, 2020 10:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The popular poem/folk song that became associated with women's rights activism was written by a man.
(The timeline goes roughly "suffragist speeches in 1911 -> poem written late 1911 -> Lawrence Mill Strike begins (on this date) in 1912 -> more suffragist speeches" but the phrase spreads quickly so it's linked to all of them even somewhat anachronistically.)
(The timeline goes roughly "suffragist speeches in 1911 -> poem written late 1911 -> Lawrence Mill Strike begins (on this date) in 1912 -> more suffragist speeches" but the phrase spreads quickly so it's linked to all of them even somewhat anachronistically.)