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The Old Washerwoman

Without industrial education, when the
black woman washes a shirt, she washes with
both hands, both feet, and her whole body. An

individual with industrial education will use a
machine that washes ten times as many shirts in
a given time with almost no expenditure of
physical force; steam, electricity, or water doing
the work. Dedicatory Services (Avondale, O.).