“I had never before seen my friends come in beaten, their heads laid open, their noses broken, or seen them jailed for peaceably demonstrating that they wanted work. I had only known how workers lived. Now I was face to face with what our society did to workers who could get no work.”
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Mary Heaton Vorse
Mary Heaton Vorse was an outstanding American journalist and social activist. Born in 1874 and passing away on June 14, 1966, Vorse is known for her focus on the working class and social injustice. Her work profoundly exposed the realities of American society at the time. more
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