By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would… — Rose Schneiderman

By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own machines, which cost us $45, we paying for them on the installment plan. We paid $5 down and $1 a month after that.

Rose SchneidermanActivist · Polish · 1882 – 1972

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