With her mother ill, it's up to fifteen-year-old ruby jacinski to support her family. But in the 1940s, the only opportunities open to a polish-American girl From Chicago's poor yards is a job in one of the meat packing ...With her mother ill, it's up to fifteen-year-old ruby jacinski to support her family. But in the 1940s, the only opportunities open to a polish-American girl From Chicago's poor yards is a job in one of the meat packing plants.