Clara Lemlich

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Clara Lemlich Shavelson
Lemlich c. 1910
Born	Clara Lemlich March 28, 1886 Horodok, Russian Empire
Died	July 12, 1982(1982-07-12) (aged 96) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)	Union organizer, suffragist, activist
Known for	Leader of the Uprising of the 20,000
Political party	Communist USA
Spouse(s)	Joe Shavelson ​ ​ (m. 1913; died 1951)​ Abe Goldman (1960–1967)
Children	Irving, Martha, and Rita

Clara Lemlich Shavelson (March 28, 1886 – July 12, 1982) was a leader of the Uprising of 20,000, the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York's garment industry in 1909, where she spoke in Yiddish and called for action.^[1] Later blacklisted from the industry for her labor union work, she became a member of the Communist Party USA and a consumer activist. In her last years as a nursing home resident she helped to organize the staff.