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Sunday Sep 15, 2019
September 15 - Women and Children Fight for the 10-Hour Workday
Sunday Sep 15, 2019
Sunday Sep 15, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1845. 5,000 female workers at the Allegheny Cotton Mills went on strike for a ten-hour day. The fast streams around Pittsburgh and Allegheny city were ideal to power cotton mills. The mills were overheated and filled with dangerous dust.
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