3 PURY: today's work

 

She says “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South” because she was born in Louisiana which is a southern state.

She says “cotton fields” because her siblings and her parents were former slaves who worked in cotton fields.

She says “I was promoted to the washtub” because she first worked as a washerwoman.

She says “I was promoted to the cook kitchen” because she then worked in a kitchen.