On this day in Labor History the year was 1845. 5,000 female workers at the Allegheny Cotton Mills went on strike for a ten-hour day. The fast streams around Pittsburgh and Allegheny city were ideal to power cotton mills. The mills were overheated and filled with dangerous dust.
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