The Valley of Decision

The Book That Thrilled Millions!

Plot Summary

Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. Mary catches the attention of handsome scion Paul Scott, but their romance is complicated by Paul's engagement to someone else and a bitter strike among the mill workers.

7.3 /10

1945

US

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factory

strike

based on novel or book

mill

irish-american

unrequited love

maid

family feud

man in wheelchair

labor strike

labor union

steel mill

compromise

gun shooting

workers union

pittsburgh, pennsylvania

negotiation

irish immigrant

upstairs downstairs

19th century

murder by gunshot

classism

wealthy family

metallurgy

steel industry

1870s

union struggle

pittsburgh steel industry

experimental research

labor negotiation

strikebreakers

wise woman