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- financed by Boston investors
- famous for employing New England women
- work itself was easier and less demanding than farm work
- there were strict/rigid work schedules (biggest change from pre-industrial work)
- women came because they saw an oppourtunity
- created strong community
- success was short-lived due to bad economic conditions
- later there were wage cuts
- Irish immigrants replaced the women (the Irish at that time were the "cheap labor")
- Lowell shut down in 1850
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Who are the Lowell girls?
Lowell Girls The Lowell Girls are girls who worked in the mills in the 18th century Industrial Revolution. They lived in boarding homes that were often crowded and had a little privacy but was still nice. Most Lowell Girls worked to help pay their brothers for education.
Who was someone who worked in the mills and returned home to marry?
lowell mill girls
When was Lowell mills invented?
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.
What were the schedules for the Lowell Mills Girls?
very strict. they were closely monitered and on a tight long schedule
What did Lowell mills rely on to obtain labor?
Lowell Facts:The factory owners relied on Lowell girls to work for them (the Lowell girls were nearby farm girls)The Lowell girls relied on factory owners to give them jobsthey lived in town near their job with "___mothers"(i cant think of the ___ name -sorry)they sent the money home to their familythe conditions weren't so bad
Who are the Lowell girls?
Lowell Girls The Lowell Girls are girls who worked in the mills in the 18th century Industrial Revolution. They lived in boarding homes that were often crowded and had a little privacy but was still nice. Most Lowell Girls worked to help pay their brothers for education.
Who was someone who worked in the mills and returned home to marry?
lowell mill girls
What is the Lowell Mill?
it is a mill in lowell, massachusets that people (especially females) worked in during the 1800
Who did Lowell mills hire?
young girls ages of 10 to middle aged women, 30-40 years old. most who worked at the mills were 24 years old
Who worked in the Lowell?
Farm Girls
Where did the Lowell girls live?
boarding houses near the mills
How did the Lowell Mills recruit girls?
they conducted them to make money
Who created the Lowell mills?
The creator of Lowell Mills in Francis Cabot Lowell.
When was Lowell mills invented?
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.
Who worked in the Lowell Mills?
The Waltham-Lowell System was a labor and production model employed in New England in the early 19th Century. This was the first time all stages of textile production were completed in one location outside of the home.
What were the schedules for the Lowell Mills Girls?
very strict. they were closely monitered and on a tight long schedule
What did Lowell mills rely on to obtain labor?
Lowell Facts:The factory owners relied on Lowell girls to work for them (the Lowell girls were nearby farm girls)The Lowell girls relied on factory owners to give them jobsthey lived in town near their job with "___mothers"(i cant think of the ___ name -sorry)they sent the money home to their familythe conditions weren't so bad
