Deirdre and her husband stood outside their new home in New York. Running a small farm just was not a possibility anymore. Mr.Wayden had sold his land in Georgia and hoped to get a job in the city. It seemed as if every farmer had done the same. Deirdre Wayden suddenly missed the smell of fresh corn in the morning. She had never been so far from home. Though homesick, Deirdre tried to forget …showed first 75 words of 799 total…

…showed last 75 words of 799 total…could not survive with a child without financial support. Elizabeth Wayden grew up to become a doctor, dedicating her life to help people with cholera and other similar diseases. Neither Deirdre, nor Elizabeth forgot how hard Bill had worked to support his family. The city kept growing, more people kept dying, and the world advanced at the expense of poor men's blood. Today, we call it the Industrial Revolution, back then, they called it life