10/13/2026
In the early 1900s, the phrase "Bread, and roses too!" became a popular slogan for women during America's Labor Movement. James Oppenheim wrote a poem inspired by this call. John Denver sang a version of this poem to music.
I read this mantra in a book earlier this year and it has been heavy on my heart and mind since. What a profound and simple declaration that spans so many aspects of our lives and stays relevant a century on. I keep coming back to this phrase, time and again as the year has progressed. You deserve bread. But you deserve roses, too.
Lots of love from the Bread Lady π
Our days shall not be sweated from birth until life closesβ
Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses.