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Because the Lowell girls made up almost 75% of the workers in textile mills, many of the women joined the American labor movement in protest of the conditions of the factories they were working in. The Lowell Female Labor Reform Association was formed as the first female union for workers during the industrial revolution. These women were crucial in forming strikes to get rights for women working in mills and factories at this time.
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∙ 11y ago1. They would be able to earn extera money
2. they would be able to help put their brothers through college
3. they would not become a burden on family members if they do not marry
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∙ 15y agoThey worked textile mills and lived in company-owned boardinghouses and other twxtile towns in the early 1800s. The Lowell girls were tightly controlled in both factories and at home in company-supervised boarding houses, many had managed to join demonstrations against their working conditions.
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