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Passaic County Historical Society

A 2013 exhibit at the Passaic County Historical Society's Lambert Castle (above) used census data
to highlight the diversity of striking mill workers during the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike.
Photo courtesy of the Passaic County Historical Society.

The Passaic County Historical Society commemorated the centennial of the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike—a work stoppage by silk mill workers in Paterson, NJ—with an exhibit in 2013. Ethnicity, education, gender, and occupation data collected by the census demonstrated how a diverse group of workers banded together to protest working conditions during a 6-month strike that crippled the city.

To learn more about the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike and the history of Passaic County, NJ, visit the Passaic County Historical Society at http://www.lambertcastle.org/.