A collection of over 150 photographs of women in various phases of labor and industry, taken by socio-documentary photographer Lewis W. Hine in the years between 1907 and 1938.
Neighbors Perky Otter and hard-working Bert the Beaver seem to be complete opposites until Perky learns that work is not all drudgery and her neighbor learns that play can actually be fun.
A Chinese American girl comes to realize how hard her grandmother works to fulfill her dreams when they spend a day together at the grandmother's job cracking crabs.