Poster "American ladies will not be slaves" from the New England Shoemakers Strike of 1860.
Approximately 20,000 workers went on strike across New England which made it the largest mass walkout in American history prior to the Civil War.
Women played a crucial role in the strike, including the leading of a 6,000 person process through a late winter blizzard in Lynn on March 8 with signs reading "American Ladies Will Not Be Slaves: Give Us a Fair Compensation and We Will Labour Cheerfully".
Width - 22 cm; height - 28 cm.