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Forest, Indiana
Forest, Indiana is the town where Zorrie moves after returning home from Ottawa. Having traveled around from state to state and town to town, she is glad to find work in Forest. This is also the place where she first meets and begins working for Gus and Bessie. They not only employ her on their property, but welcome her into their home.
Ottawa, Illinois
Ottawa, Illinois is one of the cities where Zorrie moves after leaving Indiana as a young woman. A few days after arriving in town, she finds work at the Radium Dial Company. She begins painting clock faces with radium, or Luna powder. She makes friends with two young women who also work at the factory, Janie and Marie. Though Zorrie loves her job and her friendships with Janie and Marie, she longs for home. Not long later, she leaves Illinois and travels back...
This section contains 418 words (approx. 2 pages at 400 words per page) |