there is nothing more American than the trade-union movement.

- Rose Schneiderman

After I had been working as a cap maker for three years it began to dawn on me that we girls needed an organization. The men had organized already, a…

- Rose Schneiderman

You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also.

- Rose Schneiderman

To me, the labor movement was never just a way of getting higher wages. What appealed to me was the spiritual side of a great cause that created fell…

- Rose Schneiderman

What the woman who labors wants is the right to live, not simply exist — the right to life as the rich woman has the right to life, and the sun and m…

- Rose Schneiderman

I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class move…

- Rose Schneiderman

By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own machines, which cost us $45, we payin…

- Rose Schneiderman

Surely these women won't lose any more of their beauty and charm by putting a ballot in a ballot box once a year than they are likely to lose standin…

- Rose Schneiderman

All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position in the la…

- Rose Schneiderman