Lehman's Country Life

        It was inevitable, a certainty through my life or just fate  but it was bound to happen sooner or later. It has been the pattern ever since I started working when I was thirteen. I would get a job, work for less pay than anyone else doing the same work, knock myself out trying to please my employer and wham bang I get fired if I ask for equal pay! So it came as no surprise when I was let go from my employment.

I earned $5 an hour going out to a home to take care of  two pre-school children. I also washed clothes, swept floors and cooked meals. A day’s work varied from nine to ten hours, two to four days a week. It wasn’t a lot of money but was located close to home so I could walk to work.
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