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If
a girl came in even a few minutes late, the lost time was charged
against her pay. We were not permitted to talk to each other.
Sometimes, some girl, unable to endure the silence any longer,
would begin humming a tune which would be taken up by others near
her. Marks, the foreman, would question us until he had learned
who began the singing. Then he would deduct three hours from her
pay. If any girl objected to this treatment she was told to look
for work elsewhere. It was my first real job and I was afraid
of losing it, so I tried to keep silent. But for a lively girl
like me to keep her mouth shut for eleven hours is torture; it
almost drove me wild.
Maria
Ganz, Rebel, 73
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