The Book That Thrilled Millions!
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.
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