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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 mill in town. and then another. and then another. until 20,000 textile workers across lawrence were...

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 workers walked out at another mill in town. and then another and then another, until 20,000 textile 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 wouldn't be easy. but they also knew what was at stake for themselves and their families. and they weren't going to let anyone tell them it was too hard. doubters told the abolitionists it's too hard. skeptics told the suffragettes it's too hard. cynics told the trust busters it's too hard. naysayers told the food soldiers of the civil rights movement, it's just too hard. but they all, all kept right ongoing and they changed the history of america.