Chapter 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
… the office of young Afrikaner women, whose ages ranged from 15 to 25. Over a thousand were already employed in the … of landowners. They were sensible, practical and free from any illusions, desperately anxious to find jobs quickly, … for their board and lodging, for tram or bus fares to and from work, for their clothes, and for other essentials; and …