“Single-handed we can accomplish nothing, but united, there is no power of wrong we may not openly defy.”
Elliott was a founder of the Brotherhood of Painters, founded on this date in 1877; we've seen this same quote attributed to several labor leaders of the day, including William Sylvis, founder of the National Labor Union.
photo: paintmakers, circa 1904, courtesy Painters website
Elliott was a founder of the Brotherhood of Painters, founded on this date in 1877; we've seen this same quote attributed to several labor leaders of the day, including William Sylvis, founder of the National Labor Union.
photo: paintmakers, circa 1904, courtesy Painters website