TY  - BOOK
AU  - Oldfield, Pamela,
TI  - Factory girl
T2  - My story
SN  - 9781407116723 (pbk.)
U1  - 823.914 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - Scholastic
KW  - Match industry workers
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Strikes and lockouts
KW  - England
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Historical fiction
N2  - Everybody knows the sad tale of the Little Match Girl, but less well known is the story of the girls and women who slaved fourteen hours a day in the match factories for appalling pay, only to contract such fatal complaints as phossy jaw. The brutality of these conditions was brought to a head with the London Match Girls Strike of 1888. Told from the perspective of a young factory worker, this new title offers a fascinating insight into Victorian child labour
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