XIX-"City Slave Girls" - Nell Nelson - Chicago Daily Times

"Nell Nelson" Spends an Hour n the Factory of Henry W. King & Co, on Union Street, And Reads The Old Story of Want and Misery, Ill Health and Privation - in the Faces of The Toilers

Byline: Nell Nelson; 1888-08-17; Chicago Times; pages 1-2

Report: "City Slave Girls" - Nell Nelson - Chicago Times [aka "White Slave Girls" - New York World]

Tags: Chicago, factories, garment industry, labor, laborers, posed as, undercover, worked as

On the southwest corner of Washington boulevard and Union street towers a spacious brick building, onthe third floor of which Henry W. King & Co manufacture much ofthe clothing that supplies the country trade. The place is far from uninviting. Clean halls and well-swept stairs croclaim the faithful service of a janitor, and the girl who has worked in "other shops" blesses the man at the rope every time she rides in the neat, mirror-lined elevator.

Description:Nelson continues her undercover expose of women's working conditions in Chicago factories.

Rights: public domain

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Heading of a Chicago Daily Times article Nell Nelson wrote as part of her series, "City Slave Girls."

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Chicago Daily Times article Nell Nelson wrote as part of her series, "City Slave Girls."