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Working conditionings were horrible. children were forced to operate dangerous equipment. workers lost hands and arms and legs in the gears of machines. one out of every three adult mill workers died by the time they were 25. and then on january 11, 1912, a group of women who worked right here at the everett mill, discovered that their bosses had cut their pay. and that was it. the women said enough is enough. they shut down those looms and they walked out. and soon workers walked out of another...

Inside mills, working conditions were horrible, children were forced to operate dangerous equipment. workers lost hands and arms and legs in the gears of machines. one out of every three adult mill workers died by the time they were 25 and then on january 11th, 1912, a group of women who worked right here at the everett mill discovered that their bosses had cut their pay and that was it. the women said, enough is enough! [cheers] >> they shut down those looms and they walked out. and soon worker...

When the women of everett mill walked out from their machines and out into that cold january air all those years ago, they knew it wouldnt be easy. but they also knew what was at stake for themselves and their families. and they werent going to let anyone tell them it was too hard. doubters told the abolitionists its too hard. skeptics told the suffragettes its too hard. cynics told the trust busters its too hard. naysayers told the food soldiers of the civil rights movement, its just too hard. ...