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From: shore@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Melinda Shore)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: "Bread and Roses" lyrics wanted
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Date: 1 May 91 22:59:42 GMT
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In article <1991May1.204611.27379@lsuc.on.ca> jim@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Mercer) writes:
>i am told that the name comes from a feminist protest song (40's or 50's).

It comes from a song written for a garment worker's strike in the, uh,
'20s or so.  "We strike for bread, but we strike for roses, too," or
something like that.  The gist of it is that quality of life is
important, also.
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