EVA SMITHS DIARY

Eva Smith’s Diary.

15th September 1910.
I have returned to working for long hours, in a dirty workplace and for hardly any money, and to be quite frank with you I am sick and tired with it. So me and everyone else have gone on strike. To be honest I really don’t know how long we can last but it really has to be done. We need to have a fairer wage than have right now and if this is the only way we can do it then so be it. So when Mr Birling realises what we are doing and why we are doing it, then hopefully he will raise our wages 255 per week and seen as he is filthy rich, he cannot say that he can't afford our demands on a pay rise, we deserve every single penny of it. Men like him always crack under pressure. Men like him think that if they lose a little bit of pride then they lose everything. If I can prevent this then I have the power and nobody can stop me. Only I can stop myself if I want to stop that is.

28th September 1910.
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