2010.54.2285
(57.15 cm HIGH x 44.01 cm WIDE)
Poster has a white border overall. The top of the poster has a black background and the bottom has a white background. The bottom and right side of the poster has a large stylized drawing of a loaf of bread with one slice cut off and two red roses. The upper left portion of the poster has the text: "Celebrate / International / Women's Day / In Lawrence, Massachusetts, In 1912, over 20,000 workers of many / nationalities, over half of whom were women and children, went on / strike. They fought against their long hours of work, insufficient / wages, and speed-up. The fought for a new conception of society / and gained the realization of their dignity and rights. Out of that / struggle came this song. / Bread and Roses / As we com marching, marching, in the beauty of the day, / A million darkened kitchens, a thousand workshops gray / Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses / For the people hear us singing: / Bread and Roses, Bread and Roses. / As we come marching, marching, unnumbered women dead / Go crying through our singing, their ancient songs of bread! / Small art and love and beauty, their drudging spirits knew. / Yes it is bread we fight for- / But we fight for roses, too. / As we come marching, marching, we are standing proud and tall; / The rising of the women meets the rising of us all. / No more the drudge and idler, ten that toil where one reposes / But a sharing of life's glories: / Bread and roses, bread and roses.".
