Stroudsburg in Monroe County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Alberta Ellen Bachman

Born Jan. 21, 1909 • Died Feb. 24, 1931

— In Memory Of Our Beloved Sister —

Alberta Ellen Bachman Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 17, 2022

1. Alberta Ellen Bachman Monument

Inscription.
She gave her life-blood
and her breath,
for Labor's cause,
she met her death,

Labor Omnia Vincit
Dedicated Sept. 3, 1934

Erected 1934 by Member Unions of the American Federation of Labor and Her Friends.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Labor Unions • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is September 3, 1934.

Location. 40° 58.818′ N, 75° 12.025′ W. Marker is in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in Monroe County. Monument is in Stroudsburg Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1103 Dreher Avenue, Stroudsburg PA 18360, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. John Summerfield Staples (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named John Summerfield Staples (approx. ¼ mile away); Stroudsburg High School War Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Fort Hamilton (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Fort Hamilton (approx. 0.3 miles away); Stroud Mansion (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Stroud Mansion (approx. 0.3 miles away); Friends Burial Ground (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stroudsburg.

Regarding Alberta Ellen Bachman.
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Bachman, a striker at the Mammoth Hosiery Mill in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (a "runaway" Philadelphia shop) was killed when strikebreakers opened fire on a carload of strikers, containing five women and three men, in which she was a passenger. As they had with Carl Mackley, the union took charge of the memorial and funeral services, attended by thousands of townspeople and a delegation of 900 workers from Philadelphia. All union officers were present and A. J. Muste, the clergyman and labor leader who had been a close associate of the union since the 1920s, delivered her eulogy. In a ringing voice Muste declared, "her name and sacrifice are known all over the land," and then placed the twenty-year-old woman within the canon of revered labor struggles and martyrs:

Someday . . . workingmen and women will bring their children to this shrine and tell them of the sacrifice this girl has made for the things they enjoy . . . her name is now lifted to those who died at Marion, Ludlow, and Philadelphia . . .

In a further example of the power of a great orator, he then issued a "warning" to those in power:

To you in power and authority, I say if we do not grant in this land the elementary rights to all the masses with which to build a new order of life, then will come to pass the condition described by the ancient Psalmists:

There shall be left not one stone

Alberta Ellen Bachman Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 17, 2022

2. Alberta Ellen Bachman Marker

upon another that shall not be torn down.

From SILK STOCKINGS AND SOCIALISM: CLASS, COMMUNITY, AND LABOR FEMINISM IN KENSINGTON,
PHILADELPHIA, 1919-1940, a dissertation by Sharon McConnell Sidorick (2010). p.293

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Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 17, 2022

3. Alberta Ellen Bachman Monument Detail

The Granite Cutters Intl Assn of America

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 17, 2022

4. Alberta Ellen Bachman Monument Detail

Quarry Workers Int'nl Union of N.A.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 28, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 90 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 28, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.