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Hellraisers Journal – Thursday January 9, 1913
Paterson, New Jersey – Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Speaks to Shirt Workers
From The Paterson Evening News of January 7, 1913:
GIRL ORGANIZER ADDRESSED MEETING
OF SHIRT WORKERS
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn a well known organizer in the ranks of the Industrial Workers of the World, last night addressed a gathering shirt workers at Helvetia hall. The purpose of the meeting was to affect a permanent organization of a union.
Miss Flynn is a forceful speaker and her suggestions gained from much experience in the ranks of labor were listened to attentively. She dwelled on the eight-hour day movement, which she declared is general throughout the country, and laid importance on the shorter work day for the working girls and women. Following her address three hundred applications for membership were acted upon.
[Photograph and emphasis added.]
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SOURCES
Quote EGF Organize Women, IW p4, June 1, 1911
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/industrialworker/iw/v3n10-w114-jun-01-1911-IW.pdf
The Paterson Evening News
(Paterson, New Jersey)
-Jan 7, 1913
https://www.newspapers.com/image/524789341/
IMAGE
EGF, Bst Glb AM p1, Feb 13, 1912
https://www.newspapers.com/image/430833270/
See also:
Search: EGF, Nov 1, 1912-Jan 31, 1913
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