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Your mother worked at the laundry?
From when she was 14.
She'd strapped me on her back or under the copper vats if I'd sleep.
All the women did it who had babies then.
Your employer allowed that?
- He'd have you back as soon as you could. - He?
Mr. Taylor.
And does your mother still work at the laundry?
She died when I was four.
I see.
Vat tipped. Scalded her.
What of your father?
Don't know him.
And you've worked for Mr. Taylor...
Part-time from when I was seven.
Full-time from when I was 12.
Don't need much schooling to laundry shirts.
I was good at collars, steaming the fine lacing.
Got the hands for it.
I was made head washer at seventeen, forewoman at twenty.
Twenty-four now, so...
You're young for such a position.
Laundry work's a short life if you're a woman.
And why is that?
You get your aches and your chest cough, crushed fingers,
leg ulcers, burns, headaches from the gas.
We had one girl last year poisoned.
Can't work again. Ruined her lungs.
And your pay?
We get thirteen shillings a week, sir.
For a man it's 19.
And we work a third more the hours.
They're outside most days on deliveries, so at least they're in the fresh air.
What would the vote mean to you, Mrs. Watts?
I never thought we'd get the vote,
so I've never thought about what it would mean.
So why are you here?
The thought that we might.
That this life...
There is another way of living this life.
Sorry. My words...
The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.
Thank you.
worked - lavorato
watts - watt
words - parole
washer - rondella
under - sotto
ulcers - ulcere
twenty - venti
thought - pensato
thank - ringraziare
strapped - legato
still - ancora
fingers - dita
outside - al di fuori
hands - mani
collars - collari
woman - donna
scalded - scottato
finest - più bella
sorry - scusa
babies - bambini
seven - sette
could - poteva
aches - dolori
forewoman - prima lavorante
eloquence - eloquenza
poisoned - avvelenata
allowed - permesso
another - un altro
again - ancora
might - potrebbe
deliveries - consegne
living - vita
burns - ustioni
tipped - tipped
cough - tosse
crushed - schiacciato
third - terzo
shirts - camicie
copper - rame
about - di
father - padre
headaches - mal di testa
hours - ore
which - quale
lacing - allacciatura
would - voluto
fresh - fresco
chest - il petto
least - meno
laundry - lavanderia
employer - datore di lavoro
lungs - polmoni
mother - madre
thirteen - tredici
position - posizione
women - donne
ruined - rovinato
taylor - taylor
schooling - istruzione
young - giovane
never - mai
seventeen - diciassette
shillings - scellini
there - là
short - corto
sleep - dormire
things - cose
steaming - cottura a vapore
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