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Factory girl / Pam Oldfield.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: My storyPublication details: London : Scholastic, 2011.Description: 145 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781407116723
  • 140711672X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.92 22
Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Hāwera Reading Vine | Hāwera Reading Vine - Historical Fiction
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Junior Fiction Eltham LibraryPlus Children's Children's Fiction OLDF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available i2171730
Junior Fiction Hāwera LibraryPlus Children's Children's Fiction OLDF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available i2180765
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"A Victorian match girl. London, 1888"--Cover.

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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