Women in a Man's World


Women sorting rags, Brewer, ca. 1920

Women sorting rags, Brewer, ca. 1920
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Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine

In 1905 Fred Ayer added a cotton rag mill and the company began making fine, cotton-based paper. Eastern used discarded rags to make a cloth-based paper and women were responsible for sorting the rags.

These women worked under the supervision of a man who is shown in the background of this photo.

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