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Factory Girl (My Story) by Pamela Oldfield
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
Presents a story of the girls and women who slaved fourteenhours a day in the match factories for appalling pay, only to contract such fatal complaints as phossy jaw.
Victorian Workhouse - My Story by Pamela Oldfield
$13.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
The diary of Edith Lorrimer, England 1871 I was shown the laundry - a vast noisy sunless room full of steam and the sharp smell of soapsuds. I counted seven women slaving over the large tubs where the clothes are washed, their reddened faces shiny with sweat even in this weather...Condensation ran down ...Show more
Workhouse: A Victorian Girl's Diary 1871 (My Story) by Pamela Oldfield
$20.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: My Story
It's January 1871 when Edith, the sheltered daughter of a wealthy widow, pays her first eventful visit to the workhouse for the poor. There she meets Rosie, a rebellious, quick-tempered orphan who is always getting into trouble. Edith soon finds herself drawn into Rosie's wild schemes and both their l ...Show more
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