17. Reform and the Pacific Northwest, 1880-1920
Labor Families in Protest
Protest and reform were events that involved the entire family, including young girls who, besides their parents, were part of the labor force. We do not know the date of this photograph, but these children by asking us to not be a "scab" could be making this appeal on behalf themselves, their mother or their father. (Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries, Social Issues Files Dc/iii. UW negative #335.)