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Sarah Bagley

American labor leader
Sarah George Bagley was an American labor leader in New England during the 1840s; an advocate of shorter workdays for factory operatives and mechanics, she campaigned to make ten hours of labor per day the maximum in Massachusetts. Wikipedia
Born: April 19, 1806, Candia, NH
Died: January 15, 1889 (age 82 years), New York
Known for: Working ON textile mills