bread and roses
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English
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Etymology
[edit]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.
Noun
[edit]bread and roses pl (plural only)
- (politics) Fair wages and dignified conditions.