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The state of New York/ may have given up on me/ but i am only/ getting started."

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there are dozens of girls fresh off the boats who would be more than happy to work in your plac

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"An army of girls/ trained in silence."

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" The time has come to take what i need for myself"

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"When i find a new job/ I will hold some money back/ each week/ for myself/ for textbooks/ for tuition."

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" If you want this family to eat,/ get a job."

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skilled, male workers can smoke but less skilled female workers cannot

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Papa will be angry,/ of course,/ but he is not the one/ working day in,/ day out/ to keep us out of the poorhouse."

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" I am accustomed to schooling myself gathering like a squirrel hoarding nuts "

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"The workers take the circulars/ I offer them/ though it does nothing/ to lift the haggard/ hanging of their heads/ the defeated/ dim look in their eyes."

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"Papa will be angry,/ of course,/ but he is not the one/ working day in,/ day out/ to keep us out of the poorhouse."

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"We look across the table at one another/ seven women/ six men/ this small/ but determined force....."

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"...Mama goes out every day/ asking for a job/... We need to buy food/... So Papa decides that on Monday/ I will look for work/ instead.

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Clara needs to make a lot more money to even be able to go to college

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"Girls are temporary workers/ who could never be relied upon/ to stand fast/ in a long, drawn-out strike."

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" I study the shop while the foreman's back is turned. I know by now if i save money for college i will have to make a higher wage.

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" toward the scrap heap/ daring the fibers/ to burn/
I watch/
the pressers/ lifting and lowering irons/ that weigh as much as I/ over and over/ all day long."

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page 145 Clara got locked in her own work space so she couldn't use the bath room

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page 145 Clara got locked in her own work space so she couldn't use the bath room

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"The money I give mama each week/ is enough for rent/for flour,meat and potatoes/and a little for the oil lamps/....."

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"The money I give Mama/ at the end of each week/ is enough for rent/ for flour, meat and potatoes/ and a little oil for the lamps./ It is not enough/ for new shoes."

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"If you do not stay silent/ you cannot work./ If you do not work,/ how will we eat?" says Mama

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"Every year the Educational Alliance asks for the name of a student worthy of a collage scholarship

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"One by one/ the foreman pats the workers down/ roving over curves and creases/ searching for scraps of fabric or thread or dignity"

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" The classroom at the  free school/ is full of young women like me,/workers,/their hats tilted/at an angle/ as they listen/ to the teacher's words." 155

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" She says,/ If you do not stay silent/ you cannot work./ If you do not work,/ how will we eat?

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"I gave Mama all my earnings/ so she could care/ for the family."

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Michael, Zack

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Xavier M, Orie, Johnathan

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Maddie, Hannah, Caitlin

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Angelina, Katlynn, Alex

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Reason 4:Clara would have a safer environment in college.

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Reason 4:Clara would have a safer environment in college.

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The protest may not work and she could lose everything with no reason.

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Clara would put herself and her family in danger.

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If Clara protests, she risks losing her job and achieving her dream of going to college