Sneak Peek: Revisiting Lillian Faderman Podcast

Lilian Faderman: I think my mother was exhilarated to participate in those strikes. I think that finally she felt that she could be doing something, that she could respond to the injustices that she had to face daily as a worker in the garment industry. I describe one scene in particular that she had told me about where it was sort of a high for her; almost as high as being on the dance floor, she told me, to realize that workers were together and the strike grew by hundreds and hundreds, and finally she felt she was doing something as she hadn’t been able to before. Before, she felt powerless, just so desperate to find a job and keep it under almost any conditions. But finally, the workers fought back.