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shtirl [24]
3 years ago
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1 answer:
dlinn [17]3 years ago
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Answer:

In 1908, a New England mill became the first American factory to institute the five-day week. It did so to accommodate Jewish workers, whose observance of a Saturday sabbath forced them to make up their work on Sundays, offending some in the Christian majority.

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