Lowell became America's model industrial city during the first half of the 19th century. Lowell offered the hope that the country would profit socially as well as economically by adopting industrialism as a way of life. The early Lowell system was distinguished by its state-of-the-art technology, the engineers and inventors who worked on its canal system, its mill architecture, enormous production capabilities, rational city planning, and most of all, by its much-heralded workforce of Yankee "mill girls."
With the invention of the power loom, running off the river, a series of mills or factories were built along the Merrimack River by the Boston Manufacturing Company, an organization founded years prior by the man for whom the resulting city was named, Francis Cabot Lowell. Construction began to in 1821, and the mills were at their peak roughly twenty years later. For the first time in the US, these mills combined the textile processes of spinning and weaving under one roof, essentially eliminating the putting-out system in favor of mass production of high-quality cloth. The workforce at these factories was three-quarters women.
A workforce of thousands, composed primarily of women, came from struggling farms willing to put their daughters to work to bring in extra income. The typical Lowell girl was young, between 15 and 30; unmarried; white; of neither aristocracy nor the homeless; and from a farm that would benefit from extra income. Most Lowell girls sent the majority of their income home for the benefit of their menfolk. Many believe that the women working at this mill were deprived of many rights. The long work days for little pay showed wage differentials between men and women.
The Lowell System, as it was called, was impacted by economic instability and by Immigration. A minor depression in 1834 led to a sharp reduction in wages, which in turn produced organization by the female workers and two of the earliest examples of a successful strike. A feature of such organization was the magazines and newsletters put out by the girls, the most famous of which was the Lowell Offering. Then later, when the Panic of 1837 necessitated a true drop in wages, many Lowell girls were replaced by the cheaper Irish "biddies," or "Bridgets." By 1850 the majority of workers at Lowell factories were poor immigrants. One result of this large scale laying-off was that now there were many adult, single women in society, who were used to earning their own money. It was only sensible that they seek other positions (teaching, etc) in which to make money; and by doing so they further contributed to the birth of the working woman
The Lowell Mills are so important because this was the first time that workers and machinery were all found under one roof. Also this marked one of the first times where a workforce consisted primarily of teenage woman.
they were the first to manufacture raw cotton into finished cloth in one place.
Lowell mills refers to the many mills that operated in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1800s and early 1900s. The first Lowell mill was located along the Merrimack river.
Francis Cabot Lowell had a textile mill he founded after him known as a Lowell Mill in 1826. Recruiters, mostly men, encouraged young girls, mostly between sixteen to thirty six, to work in the mills.
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very strict. they were closely monitered and on a tight long schedule
The creator of Lowell Mills in Francis Cabot Lowell.
Francis Cabot Lowell
The working conditions of Lowell mills were very poor.
The Lowell Mills Strike lasted for 2 years. 1834-1836.
Lowell mills refers to the many mills that operated in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1800s and early 1900s. The first Lowell mill was located along the Merrimack river.
Lowell Textile Mills is the name of a factory. You'd use it like you would any other place name.We visited Lowell Textile Mills yesterday.Lowell Textile Mills is the biggest factory in our state.
Lucy Larcom became a well known writer and teacher who wrote about Lowell Mills.
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it is a mill in lowell, massachusets that people (especially females) worked in during the 1800
The address of the Boott Cotton Mills Museum is: 115 John St, Lowell, MA 01852
Lowell started building mills Lowell, Massachusetts in 1821. The Erie Canal opened October 26, 1825.
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