Rose Schneiderman

Rose Schneiderman
Born	(1882-04-06)April 6, 1882 Sawin, Congress Poland
Died	August 11, 1972(1972-08-11) (aged 90) New York City, New York, US
Occupation	Labor union leader
Partner	Maud O'Farrell Swartz (d. 1937)

Rose Schneiderman (April 6, 1882 – August 11, 1972) was a Polish-born American labor organizer and feminist, and one of the most prominent female labor union leaders. As a member of the New York Women's Trade Union League, she drew attention to unsafe workplace conditions, following the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911, and as a suffragist she helped to pass the New York state referendum of 1917 that gave women the right to vote. Schneiderman was also a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union and served on the National Recovery Administration's Labor Advisory Board under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She is credited with coining the phrase "Bread and Roses," to indicate a worker's right to something higher than subsistence living.