And, when they are grown up, they discover that they cannot maintain themselves at the low wages offered by the factory; but they can no more return to peasant life.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “And, when they are grown up, they discover that they cannot maintain themselves at the low wages offered by the factory…”
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Kropotkin discusses the challenges faced by young women as they transition from factory work back to peasant life due to economic pressures.
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