bread and roses

noun

Etymology

Originated in a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd; a line in that speech about "bread for all, and roses too" inspired the poem Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim, which was published in 1911.

Definitions

  1. Fair wages and dignified conditions.

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