In the 1900’s, production started to dramatically change in America, as well as the garment industry. The way clothes were made began to change with the use of electric sewing machines and low-waged workers, who were mostly young immigrant women (Hyser 364). Sadie Frowne was a polish immigrant who went to work in a sweatshop in Manhattan, New York. She was new to the workforce and her boss often called her a “stupid animal” for making continuous mistakes on her sewing (Hyser 365). Sadie told the journalist from the newspaper, The Independent, that when she went to Brownsville she worked in a factory for four dollars and fifty cents, but when she went into work the boss would bring a pile of materials at seven in the morning and whoever didn’t finish at six would have to work over time (Hyser 365-366). She talks about the United Brotherhood of Garment Workers and their strike to have shorter labor hours, to which they succeeded.…show more content… She does not give details to where they currently are but they are mentioned in the article. As for Rose it was frightening to take on the responsibility of working but she knew she had to. The women she worked with were not kind to her for the reason that she was “better” than the older women. At the end of a long day Rose’s back would become stiff from the long hours, as for her chair had no back to it. She also mentions how she came to work on time and the boss told her that if she wanted to work then she better come in early because there were no office
