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Mary Anne Walkley

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20-year-old dressmaker who died after working 26.5 hours straight, documented in Marx's Capital as an example of extreme capitalist exploitation.

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"Mary Anne Walkley, 20 years of age, employed in a highly-respectable dressmaking establishment, exploited by a lady with the pleasant name of Elise. The old, often-told story, was once more recounted. This girl worked, on an average, 16½ hours, during the season often 30 hours, without a break, whil"
Capital Vol.1 Ch. 10 - squeezing life out of worker · u/FaceObvious5668 · ↑71 · 2025-09-24
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