The slogan "Bread and Roses" originated in a poem of that name by James Oppenheim, published in The American Magazine in December 1911, which attributed it to "the women in the West." It is commonly associated with a textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts during January–March 1912, now often known as the "Bread and Roses strike".
The slogan appeals for both fair wages and dignified conditions.
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Famous quotes containing the words bread and/or roses:
“I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in John 6:35.
“Making it, making it,
in their chosen field
the roses fall
victim to a weakness of the heart.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)