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We are too tired to think, or read what others have brought out for us; when bones ache and the head reels, the bed, even if it is a hard one, is more inviting that then most attractive lecture room.

— Theresa Malkiel My Sisters in Toil (1908)

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Hundreds of thousands, nay millions of American children, are sacrificed yearly on its altar.

The Question of Child Labor (1913)

If we continue to let children go to their deaths and thousands of women to their degradation, a clash is bound to come sooner or later. Why not avert it with your ballots?

The Question of Child Labor (1913)

Come, my sisters, let us shake off our fetters; let us rise and assert our rights. It is time! The bugle call sounds louder and louder; my toiling sisters of the world, arise!

My Sisters in Toil (1908)

Following the general deduction that the majority of children go to work because of the immediate need of bread, we must give them their daily bread if they are to live.

The Question of Child Labor (1913)

It is entirely different however, if you become absorbed in something which turns your mind into a different channel of thought, which makes you blood run faster in your veins, and makes life worth living. Try it, girls. I am talking from experience.

My Sisters in Toil (1908)

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