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Diary of Eva Smith
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2nd November 1910
Dear Diary,
For the first time in my life things seemed to be looking on thebright side and then, just like usual, it was torn away from me by aselfish, ignorant Mr.Birling. I had been doing well at the works, hadonly recently been promoted as the leading officer, a head of a groupof girls. I was in charge of them and got to know them well, there wasBetty, Martha, Lucy, Agatha, Emma, Vicky and quite a few others.Martha’s the nicest. She’s an orphan, like me so I guess
Well, during the short holiday in the summer, we got talking about ourwages and how most of us were barely scraping by on the measly 22 &6pence we got. I mean we were only just surviving and its no good justbeing able to survive, we wanted to live! Other people do so why cantwe! So seeing as we shouldn’t be treated as cheap labour, but peoplewe decided to go to Mr.Birling himself and ask for 15 shillingsinstead.
But as he is mean and penny pinching he refused blankly. Said hewouldn’t even consider it! After that it only gets worse. Stupid as wewere we went on strike hoping that that would show him but of coursehow could we manage having just been on holiday. We were all even morebroke then usual, so the strike having failed miserably we had nochoice but to go back to the works.
But No! It wasn’t as simple as that, life never is. Of course hewouldn’t accept us ringleaders back and came down himself and told usto clear out! I had a lot to say to that Mr.Birling but he wouldn’teven listen to a word of it! Sent us packing right on the spot. Ifonly he would have listened to me, I’d have told him a thing or two!
God, there is so many thoughts and questions running round my head!There is so much I want to say to people, but no one will listen.
