Journey from a small New England farm to the factories of Lowell to learn about the life and work of a mill girl. 5.T4.4. On a map of New England, locate cities and towns that played important roles ...

Follow the journey of a mill girl from her family farm in the New England countryside to her new job operating a loom in Lowell’s Boott Cotton Mills. Students will meet two mill girls during their ...

Baker’s story appeared in the Lowell Offering, a literary magazine published by and for "mill girls." While the journal was ultimately run by the workers themselves, and published both ...