A Womans Labour by Mary Collier

**For best playing experience, try full-screen.**In the mid-1700s, a washerwoman and poet named Mary Collier published a poem in response to poet Stephen Duck, who had demeaned the contributions of working women in comparison to working men. The poem is a scathing rebuke of Duck and a detailed look at the drudgery of farm, service, and domestic work of the era for women. These are a few excerpted lines of the poem with visuals and immersive sounds to click through and animate. Find the full poem...