The Nine-Tenths

James Oppenheim (1882-1932), was an American poet, author and editor. A lay analyst and early follower of C. G. Jung, Oppenheim was also the founder and editor of The Seven Arts, an important early 20th-century literary magazine. Oppenheim depicted labour troubles with Fabian and suffragist themes in his novel, The Nine- Tenths (1911) and in his famous poem Bread and Roses (1911). The slogan Bread and Roses is now commonly associated with the pivotal 1912 textile workers' strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Oppenheim was assistant head worker at the Hudson Guild Settlement in New York from 1901-03. He then worked as a teacher and acting superintendent at the Hebrew Technical School For Girls in New York from 1905-07. Oppenheim's published works include Pay Envelopes (1911), The Olympian (1912), Idle Wives (1914), Songs for the New Age (1914), The Beloved (1915), War and Laughter (1916), The Book of Self (1917), The Solitary (1919), The Mystic Warrior (1921) and Golden Bird (1923).