When these girls are brought to Court, to a court of men, do you know how they are punished? They are fined and punished for the things that men have… - Clara Lemlich

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.

The shops. Well, there is just one row of machines that the daylight ever gets to-that is the front row, nearest the window. The girls at all the other rows of machines back in the shops have to work by gaslight, by day as well as by night. Oh, yes, the shops keep the work going at night, too.

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.