The Woman Who Toils

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Marie Van Vorst. The Woman Who Toils

The Woman Who Toils

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THE WOMAN WHO TOILS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

MARIE VAN VORST

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

THE MILL

CHAPTER IX

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Marie Van Vorst, Mrs. John Van Vorst

Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls

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The answer is everywhere the same, with slight variations. Some take "mealers" only, some only "roomers," some "only gentlemen." I begin to understand it. Among the thousands of families who live in the city on account of the work provided by the mills, there are girls enough to fill the factories. There is no influx such as creates in a small town the necessity for working-girl boarding-houses. There is an ample supply of hands from the existing homes. There is the same difference between city and country factory life that there is between university life in a capital and in a country town.

A sign on a neat-looking corner house attracts me. I rap and continue to rap; the door is opened at length by a tall good-looking young woman. Her hair curls prettily, catching the light; her eyes are stupid and beautiful. She has on a black skirt and a bright purple waist.

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