Factory Girls' Association
United States 1834-1836
Synopsis
Women factory workers at Lowell, Massachusetts, rejected wage cuts in 1834 and again in 1836 by walking off the job. These early �...
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The Lowell Offering
"A Second Peep at Factory Life"
By Josephine L. Baker
Article from the Lowell Offering
Published in Vol. V: 97-100, 1845
In the 1820s the textile mills in Lowell, Mas...
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Factory Girls' Association
The Lowell Offering