Lowell mill girls went out to plays they went shopping or just relaxed
they fired the girls
lowell mill girls
2-4 dollars a week
A few girls who came with their mothers or older sisters were as young as ten years old, some were middle-aged. Most of them were between the ages of 16 and and a little older or a little younger.
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.
they fired the girls
Up to 20 girls were living in the Lowell boarding houses......
Most of the Lowell Mill Girls were between the ages of 15 to 35 years old. Many of them were young women in their late teens or early twenties.
it is a mill in lowell, massachusets that people (especially females) worked in during the 1800
lowell mill girls
2-4 dollars a week
A few girls who came with their mothers or older sisters were as young as ten years old, some were middle-aged. Most of them were between the ages of 16 and and a little older or a little younger.
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.
Lucy Larcom and Harriette Hanson are the names i know of
i don't know how about you do some research yourself
12and a half hours a day
"Another of Lowell's innovations was in hiring young farm girls to work in the mill. He paid them lower wages than men, but offered benefits that many girls, some as young as 15, were eager to earn. Mill girls lived in clean company boardinghouses with chaperones, were paid cash, and benefitted from religious and educational activities. Waltham boomed as workers flocked to Lowell's novel enterprise."