The Lowell mill girls /
Flanagan, Alice K.
The Lowell mill girls / by Alice K. Flanagan. - Minneapolis : Compass Point, c2006. - 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map, music ; 24 cm. - We the people . - We the people (Series) (Compass Point Books) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
Becoming a mill girl -- How the Lowell mills began -- Job and educational opportunities -- Factory conditions -- How the mill girls made cloth -- Life in a boardinghouse -- Getting an education -- What became of the mill girls.
Presents a history of the Lowell Textile Mills in Massachusetts, and describes how they began, the job and education opportunities for women, life in a boardinghouse, and more.
5.5 5-8 Follett Library Resources
075651262X
2005002461
Textile workers--History.
Women--History.--Lowell (Mass.)
Lowell (Mass.)--History.
HD6073.T42 / U535 2006
331.3/877/009744/409/034
The Lowell mill girls / by Alice K. Flanagan. - Minneapolis : Compass Point, c2006. - 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map, music ; 24 cm. - We the people . - We the people (Series) (Compass Point Books) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
Becoming a mill girl -- How the Lowell mills began -- Job and educational opportunities -- Factory conditions -- How the mill girls made cloth -- Life in a boardinghouse -- Getting an education -- What became of the mill girls.
Presents a history of the Lowell Textile Mills in Massachusetts, and describes how they began, the job and education opportunities for women, life in a boardinghouse, and more.
5.5 5-8 Follett Library Resources
075651262X
2005002461
Textile workers--History.
Women--History.--Lowell (Mass.)
Lowell (Mass.)--History.
HD6073.T42 / U535 2006
331.3/877/009744/409/034