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"Bread and Roses" is a political slogan as well as the name of an associated poem and song. It originated in a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd ; a line in that speech about "bread for all, and roses too" [ 1 ] inspired the title of the poem Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim . [ 2 ]
The Lawrence strike is often referred to as the "Bread and Roses" strike. It has also been called the "strike for three loaves". [7] The phrase "bread and roses" actually preceded the strike, appearing in a poem by James Oppenheim published in The American Magazine in December 1911. [8]
His poetry followed Walt Whitman's model of free verse ruminations on "social and democratic aspects of life". [2] Oppenheim depicted labor troubles with Fabian and suffragist themes in his novel, The Nine-Tenths (1911) and in his famous poem Bread and Roses (1911), inspired by a speech given by Helen Todd. [3]
Bread and circuses" (or "bread and games"; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to superficial appeasement. It is attributed to Juvenal ( Satires , Satire X), a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD, and is used commonly in cultural, particularly political, contexts.
In 1974, Fariña founded Bread and Roses, now known as Bread and Roses Presents. The organization's name came from "Bread and Roses", a 1912 poem by James Oppenheim, which is commonly associated with a 1912 garment workers strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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“Bread and Roses” is currently for sale out of the Cannes film market. Lawrence and her partner are hopeful the film will receive worldwide distribution, warning that its themes are more ...
Pages in category "1911 poems" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Bread and Roses; D. Dane-geld (poem) E. The Everlasting Mercy; G.