Document 8: Report on the emploument of children 1841-42 No. 26. Patience Kershaw, aged 17 bu any time for the purpose; I get nothing else until I get home, and then have potatoes and meat, not every day meat. urry in the clothes that I have now got on, trousers and ragged jacket the bald place upon my head is made by thrusting die corves; my legs have never swelled but sister's did when they went to the mill: I hurry 11 a day; I wear a belt and chain at uie workings to get the corves out; the getters that I work for are naked except their caps; they pull off all their clothes;1 see them at work when I go up; sometimes they beat me, if I am not quick enough, with their hands; they strike me upon my back; the boys take liberties with me sometimes, they pull me about: I am the only girl in the pit; there are about 20 boys and 15 men; all the men are naked; I would rather work in the mill than in coal pit. Questions: 1. Describe the work that Patience Kershaw does and how she is treated by her fellow workers.

Document 8: Report on the emploument of children 1841-42 No. 26. Patience Kershaw, aged 17 bu any time for the purpose; I get nothing else until I get home, and then have potatoes and meat, not every day meat. urry in the clothes that I have now got on, trousers and ragged jacket the bald place upon my head is made by thrusting die corves; my legs have never swelled but sister's did when they went to the mill: I hurry 11 a day; I wear a belt and chain at uie workings to get the corves out; the getters that I work for are naked except their caps; they pull off all their clothes;1 see them at work when I go up; sometimes they beat me, if I am not quick enough, with their hands; they strike me upon my back; the boys take liberties with me sometimes, they pull me about: I am the only girl in the pit; there are about 20 boys and 15 men; all the men are naked; I would rather work in the mill than in coal pit. Questions: 1. Describe the work that Patience Kershaw does and how she is treated by her fellow workers.