May 28

Fifteen women were dismissed from their jobs at the Curtis Publishing Company in Philadelphia for dancing the Turkey Trot.  They were on their lunch break, but management thought the dance too racy – 1912

 Also on this date: Ladies Shoe Binders Society formed in New York. At least 30,000 workers in Rochester, N.Y. participate in a general strike in support of fired municipal workers.

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