In the past, women were often tasked with handling asbestos even more than men. Nellie Kershaw was only 33 when she died, but she began working with asbestos when she was only 13.
Her case brought the first light onto the horrid and hidden dangers of asbestos.
This is a short snippet from our Asbestos 101 docuseries.
Full-length Asbestos 101, Part THREE, can be found here: https://youtu.be/GqXO2d6hGr8
Check out our playlists for all FIVE parts of the series here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ8k_hDOrgpwHTVwzZHKcmA/playlists