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"Bread and Roses" is a political slogan as well as the name of an associated poem and song. It originated from a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd; a line in that speech about "bread for all, and roses too" inspired the title of the poem Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim. The poem was first published in The American Magazine in December 1911, with the attribution line "'Bread for all, and Roses, too'—a slogan of the women in the West." The poem has been translated into other languages and has been set to music by at least three composers. The phrase is commonly associated with the textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, between January and March 1912, now often referred to as the "Bread and Roses strike". The slogan pairing bread and roses, appealing for both fair wages and dignified conditions, found resonance as transcending "the sometimes tedious struggles for marginal economic advances" in the "light of labor struggles as based on striving for dignity and respect", as Robert J. S. Ross wrote in 2013.
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75th Birthday Celebration [2016]
Song | Duration |
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There But for Fortune | 3:43 |
Bread & Roses [1979]
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Boney Fingers | |
Evangelina | |
Another Night with the Boys | |
What About Me? | |
Universal Soldier | |
There But for Fortune | |
Last Thing on My Mind |
Bread & Roses Festival 1977 [1979]
Song | Duration |
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Boney Fingers | 3:35 |
For Everyman | 5:11 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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For Everyman | 5:11 |
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