Factory Girl

How appalling this kind of “work” went on. Seems unreal today, but we know it happened!

Before the New York shirtwaist fire, factory girls were in every city and mill town of the growing US. These young women worked under dangerous and unfair conditions, responding to a male-dominated foreman and factory owner only interested in greedy profits. It was sad to realize how much hurt is evident in these women's eyes. A great read and exact historical record of dominance by one gender over another.

This was a fantastic book. It is reminiscent of the American Girl Series in that the fact-based fictional character is an independent, progressively-minded girl of her time period, and in the way historical facts and photos are woven in with the fictional text. However, it is written in a much more sophisticated manner than the American Girl books, and provides more depth of information. We have read several of Barbara Greenwood's other books as well, and they are similarly beautifully written and illustrated.

High school students enjoyed story to get a feel for child labor before laws were set to protect people.

We needed this book that I couldn’t find anywhere except amazon. Thank you!!

Good book that explains the time period. Great Living history book

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This was an excellent story and a good, quick read. Very interesting and historically based upon the early sweat shops.

I really enjoyed this book and the history it gave on this topic.

Very interesting. My children loved this book.