Flanagan, Alice K. <br/><br/>
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) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 5.5  5-8  Follett Library Resources 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>075651262X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005002461 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Textile workers--History.<br/>Women--History.--Lowell (Mass.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Lowell (Mass.)--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD6073.T42  / U535 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.3/877/009744/409/034