Mississippi, 1911: Mrs. Streety, a widow, and her household. West Point, Miss.

Mrs. Streety, a widow, and her household. West Point, Miss. The four young people working in the mill are on the ground. Each day, the oldest earns ninety cents, the next seventy cents, and the boy thirty cents (“He’s slow,” they complained). Eva’s daily earnings are 28 cents. Eva is picking up spinning. can quickly run both sides. Although it seems questionable that she is 12 now, she claimed to have learned to spin before then. Location: Mississippi’s West Point…