In 1912, three young girls stepped outside the Porte Mill in Gastonia, North Carolina, for a photograph, unaware that their image would endure for over a century. Among them was nine-year-old Pearl Turner, who had already worked in the mill for three years. The harsh conditions of child labor—long hours, dangerous machinery, and inhalation of cotton dust—claimed the lives of many, making survival into adulthood rare.
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