The Little Factory Girl's Complaint, To A More Fortunate Playmate
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Description
Narrated in first person from a young mill girl’s perspective, this poem explores her grief over a lost childhood. She confides in a friend, telling her about the difficulties of factory life and highlighting her parents’ desperation to comfort their “little factory girl” who yearns for a holiday.
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Title
The Little Factory Girl's Complaint, To A More Fortunate Playmate
Creator
G.P. Morris and Samuel Woodworth
Source
The New -York Mirror: A Journal Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts
Date
March 22, 1834
Subject
Child labor--United States
Labor--Poetry
Labor--Poetry
Coverage
New York, New York
Citation
G.P. Morris and Samuel Woodworth, “The Little Factory Girl's Complaint, To A More Fortunate Playmate,” Mill Girls in Nineteenth-Century Print, accessed October 18, 2018, http://americanantiquarian.org/millgirls/items/show/36.