“Sir,—I am a dressmaker, living in a large West-end house of business. I work in a crowded room with twenty-eight others. This morning one of my companions was found dead in her bed, and we all of …
Source: Death at the Needle: The Tragedy of Victorian Seamstress Mary Walkley – Mimi Matthews
Thank you. I did not know the first thing about any of this.
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We should be very careful.. Those conditions might well return, if big business has its way.
Best wishes, Pete.
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