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Jewish women in particular were instrumental in forming some of the first women’s unions and getting women workers mobilized

My personal favorite example of this is The International Ladies Garment Workers Union, which was one of the largest unions of its time and the first to have primarily female membership.
The ILGWU was founded and run predominantly by politically radical Jewish women who immigrated from Eastern Europe, they organized two hugely successful strikes including, “the uprising of 20,000”in 1909, and, “the great revolt” in 1910, both of which were massive successes for the rights of working women. In 1911 the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (which resulted in the deaths of 148 workers, most of whom were young Jewish women) caused the ILGWU to really radicalize their politics and women like Rose Schneider and Pauline Newman to join the New York Women’s Trade Union League, the International Congress Of Working Women, the first ever International Labor Organization Convention, and eventually co-found the American Civil Liberties Union. Schneiderman in particular was cool as shit and appointed to President Roosevelt’s Brain Trust and an active campaigner for women’s suffrage.
Basically Jewish women did more for your 8 hour work day, fair labor laws, and right to organize than any man ever has.