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"Bread and Roses" is a political slogan as well as the name of an associated poem and song. It originated in a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd; a line in that speech about "bread for all, and roses too" [1] inspired the title of the poem Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim. [2]
Apr 11, 2024 · Bread & Roses offers a window into the seismic impact on women’s rights and livelihoods after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. The film follows three women, in real time, as they fight to ...
Sep 11, 2021 · The phrase bread and roses is used to express the belief that everyone should have access not only to basic sustenance, but also to the finer things in life, such as education, art, literature, etc.—Cf. also the phrase bread and circuses.
Bread and Roses is a new national movement. It embodies a new social vision we call “Bread and Roses Humanism.” We urge involvement in electoral politics, not just voting, but running for office.
Sep 3, 2012 · The banners they carried demanding both living wages and dignity—“We want bread, and roses, too”—gave the work stoppage its name, the Bread and Roses Strike. Lawrence, known as “Immigrant...
Mar 8, 2019 · ‘BREAD FOR ALL, AND ROSES, TOO’ A political slogan attributed to speeches by American activists, Helen Todd, and later, Rose Schneiderman, which inspired a poem by James Oppenhain published in...
The Lawrence Textile Strike, also known as the Bread and Roses Strike, was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).