Topical Guide 279
Mark Dorset
Real Reality and Fictional Reality
Working Women
She hoped that the anger and fear rippling through her wouldn’t make her voice quaver. “I’ve been reading this pamphlet.” She brought it out from behind her back, untwisted it, bent it back to flatten it, and held it out to Luther with both hands. “It’s about women’s working conditions.” …
He took the pamphlet that Lorna held out to him. “ ‘The National Women’s Trade Union League of America,’ ” he read. “Now who are they? Do we know anything about them?”
“I know something about them,” said Lorna. … “I know that I like what they say.”
“And what do they say?” asked Luther. …
“They say,” she said, “ ‘Equal pay for equal work.’ ”Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 6
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