Margaret Anna Fridays

Every Friday, I’m going to share a quote from the founder of my groovy sisters, Margaret Anna Cusack, known in religion as Mother Francis Clare. This week’s installment …

The rich want to keep their money for their pleasures, the poor it can be said in all truth, ask it for their necessities. Have you ever realised to yourself at all, what it would be to try and support an entire family on ten shillings a week? Have you ever realised to yourself at all, what it would be to live on bread, and weak tea, and perhaps but once in the week a mouthful of bacon?

~Women's Work in Modern Society, 1874