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The Lowell mill girls / by Alice K. Flanagan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: We the people (Series) (Compass Point Books)Publication details: Minneapolis : Compass Point, c2006.Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map, music ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 075651262X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.3/877/009744/409/034 22
LOC classification:
  • HD6073.T42 U535 2006
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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