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Malkiel, who wrote The Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker was one of the socialists. Still, there was a brief moment when gender solidarity crossed class lines. Of course, this alliance did not last, as the workers did not appreciate the condescending attitudes and stingy contributions to the strike fund of the “mink brigade,” as they were called, and the wealthy women were alarmed and horrified by the heavy socialist bent of many if not most of the workers. Amazingly, wealthy women became interested in their cause and came downtown to walk the picket-line alongside of the shirtwaist workers, where they were also attacked and arrested. They were sent to the workhouse and came back and picketed again. They picketed ceaselessly, despite the fact that they were regularly brutalized by cops and antagonized and set on by gangsters and sex workers paid by the shirtwaist bosses. The workers put out and sold a special edition of the New York Call, a local newspaper, to spread the word about their situation and demands. In the meantime, dozens of employers settled, and their employees were able to return to work victorious (the Triangle company held out and never settled their name was destined to be written in NYC and labor history in letters of fire and blackened bone). The strike did not end until February 15, 1910. It also spread outside of NYC, as women walked off the job in Chicago, Cleveland, and Rochester. Within hours the number had grown to 25,000 (depending on whose numbers you read, the strike has also been known as the “Uprising of the 20,000”). The exploitation and sexual harassment in the industry was appalling, and after a workers’ meeting at Cooper Union on November 22, 1909, 15,000 women walked off their jobs. Established Americans didn’t much care how these immigrant workers were treated, and the labor unions weren’t interested in organizing women–girls, they thought, didn’t have the grit it took to go out on strike and hang tough in the face of deprivation. They were a group that had to fight and advocate for themselves. In 1909, the mostly immigrant, mostly Jewish and partly Italian, almost entirely female workers in the shirtwaist manufacturing industry went on strike. If, like me, you’re all three, it’s practically one of the most important events of the twentieth century. If you are a leftist, a feminist, or an enthusiastic lover of NYC history, the 1909 Shirtwaist Strike is or should be an event of major importance on your historical radar.