I-"The Toiling Women" - Eva Gay (aka Eva McDonald aka Eva Valesh) - St. Paul Globe

Eva Gay's Trip Through Bag and Mattress Factories of Minneapolis; Sewing Mid Clouds of Dust--Hardships Hand in Hand With Small Wages; Employers Who Provide Necessary Conveniences and Others Who Do Not; Girls Compelled to "Stand for Their Health" -- Mattress Works Employes

Byline: Eva Gay; 1888-04-01; St. Paul Globe; pages 9:2

Report: Eva Gay aka Eva McDonald aka Eva Valesh

Tags: factory girls, mattress, posed as, sewing

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"On first entering, the air seemed so thick with dust and lint from the bags that I could scarcely see. . . ."

Description:Gay wrote a series of articles on posing as a factory worker to assess conditions in Minnesota with a pledge to "ferret out every wrong and hardship."

Rights: Public domain.

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Gay wrote a series of articles on posing as a factory worker to assess conditions in Minnesota with a pledge to "ferret out every wrong and hardship."