jan 1, 1903 - WTUL founded

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The Women's Trade Union League was founded. It was inspired by a British organization of the same name, and attempted to associate itself closely with the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Though the AFL was usually tepid towards the WTUL, they did gain more female members and started supporting female suffrage because of them. In 1909, they organized the Uprising of the 20,000, an unsuccessful strike by Jewish women in shirtwaist factories. They supported the 8-hour workday, a minimum wage, worker protections and female suffrage. They disbanded in 1950.