From the age of thirteen we compel the girl--a child yet--to work as a “woman” at the weaving-loom, or to stew in the poisoned, over-heated air of a cotton-dressing factory, or, perhaps, to be poisoned in the death chambers of a Staffordshire pottery.
Kropotkin condemns the exploitation of young girls in factories, highlighting the harsh conditions they endure.
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