Countless working class Jewish women like Clara Lemlich, Rose Schneiderman, Fannia Cohn, and Pauline Newman have played important roles in U.S. labor and Communist Party history.
International Women's Day owes its existence to working-class and socialist women. The experience of women steelworkers shows the role unions can play in the fight for equality.
The struggle for women's equality continues. Test your knowledge of this history here.
Please join Lisa Bergmann, National Coordinator of the Young Communist League USA, for a presentation on the state of the struggle for women's rights today.