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Worksheet: The Girdle

Open or print out the extracts from the Children's Employment Commission. Read the two extracts, and answer the questions below.

Number	Question	True or False
1	The girdle was something worn around the waist and was attached to a carriage
2	The girdle made the wearer blister
3	'Drawing by the girdle' was never used in Shropshire.
4	Thirty years before the Children's Employment Commission report, the girdle was much more common
5	The girdle was cruel
6	'Dans' are easier to use than the girdle
7	Only boys had to wear the girdle
8	Masters were happy to replace girdles with dans

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