What was significant about the "committeeman" who came to speak to the women at the factory after the Black women (among them Wanita) complained that the white women did not want to share the washup/shower room with them? The committeeman was a union representative and he was a Black man, and had the power to tell the white women they had no choice but to share the washup/shower room with the Black women. Although called a "committeeman," that person was a woman. The "committeeman" was the owner of the factory. The "committeeman" created a washup/shower room just for the Black women.