White Slavery - the slaves of the needle
White Slavery - the slaves of the needle. Poor exhausted Victorian needlewomen work round the clock sewing clothes for the garment industry, while the figure of Death as a skeleton with an hourglass watches over them
Picture No
13419413
Media ID
47795029
Size
3569px x 2399px
(2.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Cartoon by Watts Phillips in Diogenes, volume 1, 1853
Date
1853
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1853 Exhausted Exhaustion Garment Hourglass Mar21 Needle Needlewomen Slaves
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