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I think that an important thing to remember about these women is that they were pretty young. Dublin says that over 80 percent of the female workforce was between 15 and 30. It seems like working in a factory was something the women did for a little while, after which they probably went home, got married and had some babies. I think that these women were in a pretty good position to strike, because they did not have dependents to support, and they had homes to go back to if they lost their jobs. Of course I applaud them for standing up to their exploitative employers, but I think that it is important to note that most of them had safety nets in place, which makes striking a lot easier. -- Rebecca | I think that an important thing to remember about these women is that they were pretty young. Dublin says that over 80 percent of the female workforce was between 15 and 30. It seems like working in a factory was something the women did for a little while, after which they probably went home, got married and had some babies. I think that these women were in a pretty good position to strike, because they did not have dependents to support, and they had homes to go back to if they lost their jobs. Of course I applaud them for standing up to their exploitative employers, but I think that it is important to note that most of them had safety nets in place, which makes striking a lot easier. -- Rebecca | ||
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| + | I was intrigued by the relationships between the women of the town. It seems to me that the "close knit community among women working in the mills," as described by the author, served as a makeshift union. It allowed them to organize, strike, and cover all their bases. Without the unity they displayed, the women would have had a very small voice relative to the one they rendered as a group. –Andrew B | ||
