The Whims of Society
- 1918
- 50m
In the New England mill towns, poverty-stricken young women are forced not only to work for slave wages but to endure the unwelcome attentions of the men who run the factories. One such woma... Read allIn the New England mill towns, poverty-stricken young women are forced not only to work for slave wages but to endure the unwelcome attentions of the men who run the factories. One such woman is Nora Carey, who earns nine dollars per week in John Travers' ribbon factory. Attracte... Read allIn the New England mill towns, poverty-stricken young women are forced not only to work for slave wages but to endure the unwelcome attentions of the men who run the factories. One such woman is Nora Carey, who earns nine dollars per week in John Travers' ribbon factory. Attracted by Nora's beauty and honesty, Hugh Travers, the mill owner's son, offers to send her sis... Read all