The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Militant Tenant
by Katie McDonough on The Slot, shared by Barry Petch from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#422CH)
One of the earliest urban rent strikes in United States history was organized in New York City, in 1907, by a 16-year-old girl named Pauline Newman. In its reporting on the strike, the New York Times described Newman, a Jewish immigrant who worked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company and would go on to become an"