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FL-33-A
February 20, 1939
Mayselle Sweat Green
2552 Lewis Street,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Cigar Factory Worker
Lillian Stedman, writer
Evelyn Werner, reviser.
MAYSELLE SWEAT GREEN.

She is a small, attractive blonde who has lived a lot in
her 22 years.

We sit in the little living room of the home which she and her husband are buying, and while I am listening attentively to her, I am mentally cataloguing the overstuffed furniture upholstered in green mohair, the rugs that harmonize with the expensive drapes; the comfortable newness of the crowded room.

The neat and pretty bedroom is in full view of the living room and the spread and drapes there look as fine as those in the living room. The handwork on the linens is visible from where I sit.

While I am looking at the dining room with its imitation Duncan Phyfe set, and the modern kitchen beyond it, Mayselle is saying;

"In my family there are three boys and I'm the only girl.
It made my mama and Daddy mad as hell when I quit school and
went to work. I was only 15 years old, and they wanted me to
go to school a lot longer, but I wanted to make my own money.

"I worked at Russell McPhail's candy factory for two years
and my pay was never more than $7 a week. I was a candy wrapper. I didn't mind the small salary because that was the first job I ever had and I was living at home.

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