The Trade Union Woman by Alice Henry
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"Yes, ma'am. I make my hats. I had only two since I
was married." "And how long have you been married?" "Twenty years." "Do you do the milking?" "Most always when we can afford a cow." "What time do you get up in the morning?" "I usually gits up in time to have breakfast done by 4 o'clock in summer time. In the winter time we are through with breakfast by sun-up." "Did you work in the fields while you were carrying your children?" "Oh, yes, sometimes; sometimes almost nigh to birthin' time." "Is this customary among the tenant farmers' wives you have known?" The answer was an affirmative nod. Let us now once more consider the home, and compare factory operations with the domestic arts. There is no doubt that in cooking, for |
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