How are women treated as they begin to grow? Girls as well as boys go into the factory as soon as they are old enough. - Clara Lemlich

Just go through any of the public buildings at midnight and you will see old and middle-aged women on their knees scrubbing away the dirt that men of business have brought in during the day. That gives you a picture of how well men carry the burdens of women.

Senators, we are here to stay, 800,000 women in New York State alone. We have learned a good many things. We have learned to organize in the industrial field. Give us a chance, the workingwomen together with the working men, through an intelligent vote and we will make good in the political field.

At the beginning of every slow season, $2 is deducted from our salaries. We have never been able to find out what this is for.