Cora Lee Griffin, spinner in cotton mill, 12 years old, Whitnel, North Carolina, 1908.
                                One of the spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mfg. Co. N.C. She was 51 inches high. Had been in mill 1 year. Some at night. Runs 4 sides, 48 cents a day. When asked how old, she hesitated, then said  I don't remember.  Then confidentially,  I'm not old enough to work, but I do just the same.  Out of 50 employees, ten children about her size. —Hine's original caption
                              “She had regrets about not getting the education she had desired. She only got as far as the sixth grade. At that point, she started working full time. But she wanted an education, and really valued it, and it was a priority for her that we got a good education— whatever it took to send us to college.” —Daughter of Cora Lee Griffin