Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Coal Mining Industry
Royal Commission on Employment of Children, First report

Royal Commission on Employment of Children 1st report fig 4

Note that the person depicted in Fig. 4 is a "naked face-worker": a "hewer". Although the Royal Commission on Employment of Children, First report identifies this as being of a man, this would be an example of censorship. Women and children performed all kinds of work functions in the coal collieries. Just as it could be very hot in a mine, it could also be frigidly cold. Note the forked piece of wood to keep the prone woman's head propped into position. Hewers often had to lie down upon a board.

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