TY  - GEN
AU  - Oldfield, Pamela
TI  - Factory Girl
T2  - My Story
SN  - 9781407116723
KW  - Diaries and Journals
KW  - Strong Womens
KW  - Young Adult Literature
KW  - Child Labor
KW  - Historical Fiction
N2  - In 1888, Florence works as a match girl in dangerous factory conditions. There’s talk of a strike, but striking means no work – and no pay! Meanwhile, a young journalist is keen to hear Florence’s story. Women have never gone on strike before! But is he stirring up trouble just to sell newspapers? Everybody knows the sad tale of the Little Match Girl, but less well known is the story of the girls and women who slaved for fourteen hours a day in the match factories for appalling pay, only to contract fatal illnesses such as phossy jaw. Told from the perspective of a young factory worker, this major new My Story title tells a fascinating tale of the brutality of Victorian child labor
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