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In 1920 Rose Schneiderman ran for a U. S. Senate seat from New York State. She lost, receiving just 15,000 votes, fewer than the other third party candidates including Prohibition party nominee Ella A. Boole (159,623) and Socialist party candidate Jacob Panken (151,246).Schneiderman, a labor union leader and socialist, was born in eastern Europe. Her family immigrated to the United States when she was small, taking up residence on New York City's Lower East Side. After the death of her father, thirteen year old Rose went to work, first in a store and later in a cap factory. In her twenties she began organizing factory women and became one of the most prominent members of the Women's Trade Union League. Schneiderman is famously credited with saying, "The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too." She lobbied for the nine hour workday and after that victory, the eight hour day, as well as other protective labor legislation. She also campaigned for woman suffrage.
