Factory Girl

By Barbara Greenwood format: young adult softcover publication: February 2007 ISBN: 9781553376491

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From School Library Journal Grade 4-8–The year is 1912, and Emily Watson has every reason to hope that she will complete her 8th-grade education and enter one of the occupations newly opened to women–clerk, nurse, maybe even teacher. That is, until her father's letters abruptly stop and her family is thrown into poverty. The 12-year-old is forced to seek employment in a sweatshop, snipping garment threads for four dollars a week. The work is brutal; she stands in place 11 hours a day, unable to speak to anyone, surrounded by filth and rats, danger, cruel bosses, and the constant din of the machines. Yet, Emily's job keeps her family from starvation. This compelling look at child labor is interspersed with excellent photographs and detailed information about this troubling time in our nation's history. Greenwood describes not only the poverty that Emily and her family experience, but also explains its causes and hints at its cure. Interspersed with excellent-quality archival photos, this title is sure to spur discussion of many contemporary movements, including immigration, women's and worker's rights, and health care reform, but be aware that it is classified as fiction.–Tracy H. Chrenka, Forest Hills Public Schools, Grand Rapids, MI Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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