Young women from all over New England started coming to Lowell in the late 1820s to work in the textile factories. Known as “mill girls,” these women operated machines in the mills, lived in company ...

Lowell had been incorporated 16 years earlier, but to Dickens it felt as if it had grown up in a day. He marveled at the new construction and the cleanliness of the working conditions. But it was the ...

He discussed industrialization in American and factories in Lowell, MA which used women workers to make textiles. ... Industrialization and Lowell Mill Girls. MP3 audio - Standard Price: $0.99.

Lowell is perhaps best known for its mills. Colloquially known as the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, many history books make mention of the Lowell “mill girls” who helped ...

Many years before that event is the plight of thousands of farmer’s daughters and young girls, mostly in their teens, who flocked to New England. Many also came from Ireland as a result of the Potato ...

“The Mill Girls” lecture will be given by former textile mill workers. The lecture will start with a brief historical background covering the industrial revolution, and Frances Cabot Lowell ...

LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan was joined by author and journalist Mattie Kahn Monday ... a book that begins with the story of the girls who worked in Lowell’s textile mills in the 19th and ...

Lowell’s textile factories contributed heavily to the rise of its economy and culture, and as the mills grew in the early 1800s, employers turned to farming families for labor, Byers said ...

One of the first major strikes among mill girls took place in Lowell, in October, 1836. The mill owners announced a wage cut and a withdrawal of a subsidy for their room and board. They decided to ...

The Lowell Mill Girls labored in harsh conditions, worked long hours for low wages, and lived under strict factory rules. But they didn’t just accept their fate - they fought back.

She also was a historiographer, creating unique work about Massachusetts’ input into the suffragette movement and describing the Lowell mill girls. Heritage Harriet was born in Boston in 1825.