The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . tremendous stepforward. Perhaps the most dramatic moment of the entire congresshas been not the stately appearance of General Carranza,nor the clashes between the radical labor leaders and theconservative older element, but the appearance of a dele-gation of women workers to plead their cause with thelaw-makers. Outside of Queretaro are located the famousHercules Cotton Mills. Owned by French capitalists, theygive employment to several thousand Indian women. On themorning of the first session those women came marching intotown, headed by a band and flying n
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . tremendous stepforward. Perhaps the most dramatic moment of the entire congresshas been not the stately appearance of General Carranza,nor the clashes between the radical labor leaders and theconservative older element, but the appearance of a dele-gation of women workers to plead their cause with thelaw-makers. Outside of Queretaro are located the famousHercules Cotton Mills. Owned by French capitalists, theygive employment to several thousand Indian women. On themorning of the first session those women came marching intotown, headed by a band and flying numerous banners and pro-ceeded to the congress. They were not the attractive shopgirls of our own factories. Life had not been kind to them,and they came to demand that their lives and the conditions oftheir labor be improved. In no uncertain terms did they ex-press these demands, for it was for them and theirs that therevolution had been fought, and now, when Mexico was re-modeling her laws, they refused to be forgotten. The recep-.
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