Mary's Story by Mary Schrieber https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq STORY TITLE en-us 2019-03-18 14:08:19 UTC 2024-05-28 18:19:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png Joseph Wilson maryschrieber22 https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342408859 2019-03-18 14:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342408859 maryschrieber22 https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342410588
  • 14 years old
  • works in a factory with bad conditions 
    • abandons education to help his mother
  • mother is a widow
    • father died in a factory accident
      • talk about it when the fire starts
    • mother works in another part of the factory for low income
  • poor
    • worries that without his job he won't be able to support his mother
      • so he keeps his head down and doesn't cause any trouble
      • doesn't like how loud and crazy the factory is 
  • works 14 hour days
    • ]]>     2019-03-18 14:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342410588     Industrial Revolution maryschrieber22 https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342412306
  • 1810
  • Chicago, Illinois
    • lives in a small apartment
      • he likes to climb up the side of the building on a pipe for fun because now he has no school or time because of work
  • Textile factory
    • https://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/2002_p7/ak_p7/childlabor.html
    ]]>     2019-03-18 14:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342412306     Child is "weighted" maryschrieber22 https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342857973
  • Joseph climbs down his apartment
    • Because it's the only fun he has anymore now that he had to quit school
    • and he likes the quiet, solitude in contrast to the loud, bustling factory everyday
  • walks to factory with his mother
  • Joseph works in a factory with a harsh overseer
    • screams and swears at children
    • typically keeps his head down
  • a small child is "weighted" for being late by a few minutes even though he lives var away and has to walk to the factory 
    • makes Joseph feel guilty for not stopping working to help
    • makes him uncomfortable and can't stop thinking about it
    • ]]>     2019-03-19 13:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342857973     Horrible working conditions maryschrieber22 https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342859380
  • safety measures are ignored 
  • children are getting hurt
  • treated very poorly
    • punished by having to enter the factory naked
    • verbally abused
  • Joseph decides he can't just do nothing 
    • helps them in secret and encourages his younger workers by bringing them clothes that he steals from his mother's part of the factory from the previous day
    • ]]>     2019-03-19 13:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342859380     Fire breaks out mother is blamed for missing clothes maryschrieber22 https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342860607
  • mr charles fires his mother for missing her minimum
  • Fire breaks out because of lack of safety measures
    • flashback to dad dying
  • overseer flees without alerting the children
    • most of the older children climb down slowly but the smaller children aren't strong enough to carry themselves 
    • Joseph climbs down to find his mother but climbs back up to save the remaining children
      • 5 of them left
        • one of them was the weighted child and another was the child who was punished by having to come into work naked
    • ]]>     2019-03-19 14:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342860607     Joseph climbs down the building maryschrieber22 https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342861116
  • Joseph climbs back inside the building to save the children but because there are no fire escape he has to climb down the side of the building with them
    • he knows how to do it because he has climbed his own apartment building for fun
      • carries his lunch on his back which is sort of similar to children just a lot lighter
    • ]]>     2019-03-19 14:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342861116     Children are saved and awareness and raised maryschrieber22 https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342862093
  • Joseph saves all 5 children
    • however, now they have no place to work
  • factory overseer is harassed by children's right protesters
    • newspapers report the incident and blame him 
  • people are aware of how awful the conditions are
    • protests start and reforms are made
    • ]]>     2019-03-19 14:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/maryschrieber22/2h6p5gdj1ozq/wish/342862093