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Daily Create Prompt: #clmooc #DS106 @ds106dc #tdc3971 Pins and Needles — a play from the 1930s– listen to some here.
So I researched a bit about Pins and Needles and discovered Frances Perkins– the first woman cabinet secretary, which was Department of Labor, for which she worked towards social justice.
The mothers don’t want to bring their children they need to. …That need will never cease until employers pay decent wages! There ought to be a law assuring minimum pay, as well as one limiting hours worked!
~ Frances Perkins–First Woman to Serve in the U.S. Cabinet: Secretary of Labor
Wikiquote on Frances Perkins
Don’t sing of people’s rights that way
They might believe in what you say
So stop your song it’s not polite
Pipe down before you start a fight…
You can’t stand still on freedom’s track
If you don’t go forward, you go back
You can’t giddyup by saying whoa
And sitting on your status quo
Sitting on Your Status Quo— Harold Rome
Pins and Needles, Broadway Play, 1937
I wonder, if I draw a line... 