The tactics used by the women involved in the Tex-Son garment workers' strike played a huge role in how the strike was perceived by people. The strikers used their gender, stylish and healthy appearance, as well as fashion, to their advantage to gain the upper hand in the strike and remodel themselves to change public perception of the strike and gain support. The Tex-Son garment workers' strike was the first. strike led by a Mexican-American woman, and the first strike in which a Mexican-American woman and an Anglo-American woman demonstrated together in Texas. The strike itself was long, lasting four years and in the beginning things became extremely violent on several occasions. It was known as the most undistinguished strike San Antonio, Texas, had ever seen. The strikers had thrown their purses, clawed, scratched and even thrown eggs at the strikebreakers. According to witnesses and police, the strikers were shouting things like “Hungry rats!” » and “Scabs” in Spanish. The strike had a violent and nasty theme, and the strikers were known to be very nasty. Not everyone agreed and supported the strike cause. There were workers who didn't want to get involved, and there were people who intimidated the strikers for going on strike and tried all kinds of methods to get them to abandon the strike. There have been threats, things said and done as part of the struggle to gain strength on both sides. Violent tactics were used regularly and people were injured. For example, a woman had her head cut open. Another person opposed to the strike was told that if she crossed the picket line, her house would be burned down. Several threats and arrests took place at the start of the strike. As well as ...... middle of paper ...... that it would have taken to settle with the union in 1959. The Tex-Son site went bankrupt because of the strike and was forced to move to another anti-union site. city.Sophie Gonzales and the Tex Son strikers felt they had won by fighting for what was right. They also felt a huge sense of victory that the factory had finally gone bankrupt. They helped pave the way for future strikes and also bridged the gap between different races of women working together in a strike. , 1959-1963. Pacific Historical Review, August 2009, 367-402. Works Cited Flores, Lori A. “A Fashionably Dressed Unfeminine Strike: Mexican and Anglo-Saxon Garment Workers Against Tex-Son, 1959-1963.” » Historical Review of the Pacific, August, 2009, 367-402.