Today in Labor History February 23, 1917: A strike began among women textile workers in Petrograd. Demonstrations turned into bread riots and spread throughout the city. By the end of the day, 100,000 people were out on the streets. The troops who crushed similar demonstrations in 1905 refused to put down the uprising, with many joining in by the end of the month. The women’s protests sparked the Russian Revolution.

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