We found 12 items that match your search
A Former Mill Girl Remembers the Lowell Strike of 1836 (with text supports)
Harriet Hanson Robinson began work in Lowell at the age of ten, later becoming an author and advocate of women's suffrage. In 1834 and 1836, the mill owners reduced wages, increased the pace of work, and raised the rent for the boardinghouses. The [...]
Tags: Lowell, Reading Supports
Item Type: Biography/Autobiography
Historical Era: Antebellum America (1816-1860)
Young Women Ask Permission to Work in Lowell (with text supports)
Starting in the 1820s, a group of business owners built textile mills in New England, where for the first time, people could use machines to weave cotton into cloth. The first factories recruited women from rural New England as their labor force. [...]
Tags: Lowell, Reading Supports
Item Type: Diary/Letter
Historical Era: Antebellum America (1816-1860)