Women’s Rights Category
One week has passed since the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a physician at one of three clinics in the United States that provide late-term abortions. Now that the news cycle is winding to a close, I’ve noticed one bittersweet effect of the shooting that anti-choicers probably didn’t count on: the highlighting of the reality [...]
Today in History: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, March 25, 1911
By: Cole Krawitz on: Mar 25,2009 In: History, Women's Rights, Worker's RightsFrom the Jewish Women’s Archive: Approximately 500 workers were sewing shirtwaists at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company’s sweatshop near Washington Square in Manhattan when a fire broke out on March 25, 1911. The building lacked adequate fire escapes, firefighting equipment was unable to reach the top floors, and—most tragically—exit doors had been locked to prevent unauthorized [...]
This poster is sold signed. Half of the proceeds goes to Parners in Health for earth quake relief. PIH is the grassroots organization established in Haiti by Dr. Paul Farmer. It is Haitian-led and provides direct assistance in Haitian communities without the costs of an administrative bureaucracy. Thanks, Ricardo www.rlmarts.com
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