![]() Rosa boards the train to Vermont reluctantly, where her own worries are briefly set aside when she finds Jake hiding under a seat. She nevertheless helps the illiterate strikers by making a picket sign, “We want bread, and roses, too.” When the conflict turns violent, the union arranges to send strikers’ children to live with union sympathizers out of state, where they will be fed and clothed for the duration. When the workers strike over short pay, Rosa fears for her family’s safety. Young Jake Beale also works in the mills, avoiding his drunken father by living on the streets. ![]() Rosa Serruti attends school, while her mother and sister are two of the many immigrant mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, who can’t afford to buy the clothing they make. Paterson tells the story of the pivotal 1912 “Bread and Roses” strike through the eyes of two children. ![]()
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