The Lowell textile mills The Lowell textile mills were a new transition in American history that explored working and labor conditions in the new industrial factories in American. To describe the Lowell Textile mills it requires a look back in history to study‚ discover and gain knowledge of the industrial labor and factory systems of industrial America. These mass production mills looked pretty promising at their beginning but after years of being in business showed multiple problems and setbacks
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first and significant industrial cities in America was Lowell‚ Massachusetts. Wealthy men from Boston built massive factories on the Merrimack River in Lowell‚ MA. These factories created cotton and wool which soon produced more than the leading mills in Britain. America was gradually shifting into a nation of big factories where many Americans would find employment as laborers in these factories. Many men and women were employed at the mills for a variety of responsibilities such as carding‚ spinning
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U.S. History Lowell Mill Girls In 1832‚ Lowell‚ Massachusetts was little more than a factory village‚ until the development of the water powered plant like the on in Waltham‚ Massachusetts. Soon Lowell started to grow and help was in great demand. News of the new water powered factories and the high wages they were offering to all working classes of people traveled to all parts of New England. The stories of the Lowell mills gave new life to lonely and dependent women in distant New England
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Thomas Dublin in “Women‚ Work‚ and Protest in the Early Lowell Mills” In Thomas Dublin’s article‚ “Women‚ Work‚ and Protest in the Early Lowell Mills‚” he talks about the conditions of factories. He describes the work and the personal problems that women endured working in factories during the Industrial Revolution. Lowell was originally a rural area. “In 1820‚ there had been no city at all-only a dozen family farms along the Merrimack River in East Chelmsford.” (Dublin 264). A year later‚ a group
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History Mr. Wilson 2014/11/10 Compare and Contrast the Opinions of Lowell Girls In the 19th century‚ some female workers called Lowell girls were women who worked in textile factories that some of girls thought it is a good opportunity for female to work outside of their homes and got chances to reflect more women roles in the society so they were satisfied and happy of their jobs; however‚ some people believe that Lowell Girls were treated unfairly because they had bad working conditions‚ long
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mechanical spinning frames and the development of techniques to catch water power‚ it also gave way to the growth of spinning mills (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu). Over time and successful competition with British textiles the “Waltham-Lowell system” with its cheap cloth were able to expand to other locations in Massachusetts‚ including the first East Chelmsford (Lowell later on)‚ and Lawrence (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/mills.html). With this company a company town was built and it held schools
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Lowell Mill Girls Kenneth Mooney U.S. History I Winter 12-D-8-HST201-2 Colorado State University – Global Campus March 8‚ 2013 Lowell Industries Lowell‚ Massachusetts is located in Middlesex County and was named after Francis Cabot Lowell. Mr. Lowell was an industrialist who helped create the first planned industrial community. During the industrial revolution‚ Lowell dominated the woolen and cotton textile industry for over 100 years
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several hours at a time. Most women went to work in the Lowell Mills of Lowell‚ Massachusetts. Here‚ there was a conflict with women and their role in society. In this paper I will explain what the public thought about women working and what the working girls thought about working in the Lowell system. The culture of New England in the 1830’s and 1840’s expected young girls and women to be submissive‚ moral‚ and domestic. The factory girls families weren’t too happy with their daughters working
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Mill Girl Letter Textile Mill 4132 Millbury Ave. Lowell‚ Mass. January 6th‚ 1848 Dear family and friends‚ It has been four months since I left the farm for New England to work at the textile mill. I Have 7 months more until my work period is over on July 3rd. When I first arrived at the mill I was in shock and amazement at the size of the building. I think it’s because I haven’t seen anything bigger than our church. Soon after arriving I was assigned
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The Lords and the Mill Girls is a chapter in the Portrait of America book that details how democratic ideals do not mix well with the profit motive. One such example of this was the Lowell Mill in Massachusetts; originally it was a famous international attraction‚ a model of enlightened industrial management. Unfortunately‚ Lowell mill changed. It gradually became like the everyday grim and crowded mill town‚ another "squalid slum." Women getting the short end of the stick has been a prominent
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