works as a weaver in the botany worsted hill there in passaic. that strike lasts about a year and a half and ultimately they are successful, the workers are successful. from that she becomes an activist in a lot of different areas. she is involved in the protest against the execution of sacco and vanzetti. she is a speaker at several of the international women's day celebrations in new york city. she is part of a women's delegation that goes to russia to evaluate the women in russia versus women in the united states and they come back and issue a rather fascinating report. i think in reality when you look at it carefully, there was a bit of bamboozling going on and when they were in russia because the picture of the women in russia was not totally accurate. although, when they came back and looked at the role that many working-class women had in the united states it was pretty appalling in the 1920s. then she becomes a true labor activists. she is involved in the big textile strike in new bedford massachusetts in 1928. during that strike, she ult