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
Article Links"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.