Mothers, Unless They Were Very Poor, Didn't Work. Both Of My Parents Had To Leave Education. My Mother Had To Work In A Cotton Mill Until 18 Or 19, When She Took Some Training In Domestic Science. - SearchQuotes

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Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science.

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