Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop5/11/2023 It seems the work of Lewis Hine has come too late for some. He sees opportunity in education and he is willing to do anything to get it, even if it means purposely mangling his hand in a machine. Arthur, however, cannot bear the conditions in the mill. When a teacher encourages the children to write a letter of complaint to the National Labor Committee, Grace understands that outcomes of such an action could put her family in terrible jeopardy. Grace is glad to have the chance to earn some extra pennies for her family, who depend on this contribution for their very survival. Grace and her best friend Arthur are forced to leave school to work in a mill, replacing full bobbins with empty ones. This moment captured in black and white by artist, social reformer and advocate Lewis Hine was the inspiration for Elizabeth Winthrop's latest historical novel. If you are into American history at all, you know the photograph: a weary young girl standing in front of rows of bobbins, a smock askew, hair pulled up, leaning on one elbow, a child pausing from her twelve hour workday.
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