Agnes Western was born in 1828, in Tiverton, Devon, England, United Kingdom. She died on 28 January 1849, at the age of 21.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
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English: from Middle English westerne ‘western’, denoting ‘(the man from the) west’. Compare West and Wester .
Norwegian: habitational name from the farm name Vestern, found in two places, a compound of vest ‘west’ + vin ‘meadow’, denoting a farm to the west.
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