In 1924, she led a strike involving about ten thousand female workers from silk factories.
But of the two dozen large silk factories that were operating then, not a single one remains.
Robert had to go to Lyon every month to see about production at the silk factories there.
She also had a studio in Lisbon, and a former silk factory near it is now being turned into a museum of her work.
About 1763, she found a job in a silk factory.
She captured the lives of medieval women, as well as life in a 19th-century silk factory.
We will also take you to a traditional silk factory, kindergarten and the local 'free' markets.
The building was originally a silk factory which has been renovated.
In the 18th century, Neubau was the location of the city's silk factories.
My grandfather, who worked in the silk factory, offered his home for the Sunday rallies.
In 1838, the Cheney family started what became the world's largest silk mill.
He was a box spring maker, and she worked for 10 years at a silk mill.
He worked in a silk mill and hurt his back.
The silk mill finally closed in the 1970s, but the building still remains and is used by local businesses, including a restaurant.
A dormitory for the girls who worked on the silk mill was also built at that time.
A silk mill was built in the community in 1911.
In the past, it contained a silk mill and a coal mining industry.
The first silk mill in France was established in the street.
The group set out building a factory on the site of the silk mill, which had only been excavated in the 1830s before being abandoned.
It housed a silk mill, and later clothing manufacturers, until its conversion.