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The Brooklyn Consumers' League Takes on Sweatshops (short version, with text supports)
During the Progressive era, some women believed they could improve conditions for workers through their power as consumers—how they decided what products to buy, and from which stores. At both the local and national levels, women organized [...]
Seal of the National Women’s Trade Union League
Founded in 1903, the Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL) was an organization that brought together working-class women, reformers, and women from wealthy and prominent families. League members believed that working women needed help to gain better [...]
Active Viewing: Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl "Setting the Scene" worksheet
This worksheet is designed to help students focus on the information presented during the first two minutes of the Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl documentary.
Active Viewing: Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl Vocabulary
These words and phases from the Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl documentary may be unfamiliar to students.
Farm vs. Factory: Citing Evidence
This activity asks students to analyze three primary documents about the experiences of young women who worked in textile factories in New England during the 1830s and 1840s. It provides worksheets to guide and support students in writing a [...]
Lessons in Looking: The Lowell Offering Worksheet
This worksheet helps students to analyze and interpret the meaning of an image that appeared on the cover of The Lowell Offering in 1845. The Lowell Offering was a monthly magazine written by the young women who worked in the Lowell textile mills [...]
"The Story of Sadie Frowne" Analysis Worksheet
This worksheet helps students to determine the main ideas in The Story of Sadie Frowne, A Brooklyn Sweatshop Girl.
"Life in the Shop" Analysis Worksheet
This worksheet helps students to determine the central ideas and information in "Life in the Shop": The Story of an Immigrant Garment Worker.
Background Essay and Worksheet on Immigrant Working Women
This is a shortened, edited version of Immigrant Women in the Land of Dollars (excerpt) used in The Pay Envelope: A Role Play activity. It helps students to determine the main ideas of the text by matching summary statements to the paragraphs in [...]
Analysis Worksheet: The Declaration of Sentiments
This worksheet helps students analyze the 1848 Declaration of Sentiments.