Lowell Offering

Lowell Offering
Title Lowell Offering PDF eBook
Author Benita Eisler
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 228
Release 1998
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9780393316858

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Gathers letters, stories, and essays written by the female employees of the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts.

Loom and Spindle

Loom and Spindle
Title Loom and Spindle PDF eBook
Author Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson
Publisher Applewood Books
Pages 238
Release 2011-03-16
Genre Factory system
ISBN 1429045248

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Author Harriet Robinson (1825-1911), born Harriet Jane Hanson in Boston, offers a first person account of her life as a factory girl in Lowell, Massachusetts in this 1898 work. Robinson moved with her widowed mother and three siblings to Lowell as the cotton industry was booming, and began working as a bobbin duffer at the age of ten for $2 a week. Her reflections of the life, some 60 years later, are unfailingly upbeat. She was educated, in public school, by private lesson, and in church. The community was tightly knit. She also had the opportunity to write poetry and prose for the factory girls' literary magazine The Lowell Offering. When mill girls returned to their rural family homes, she says, "...instead of being looked down upon as 'factory girls, ' they were more often welcomed as coming from the metropolis, bringing new fashions, new books, and new ideas with them."

The Lowell Offering

The Lowell Offering
Title The Lowell Offering PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 302
Release 1844
Genre American literature
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The Daring Ladies of Lowell

The Daring Ladies of Lowell
Title The Daring Ladies of Lowell PDF eBook
Author Kate Alcott
Publisher Anchor
Pages 283
Release 2014-02-25
Genre Fiction
ISBN 038553650X

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“Alice is cast in the mold of a character created by an earlier Alcott, the passionate and spunky Jo March. A refreshingly old-fashioned heroine, she makes THE DARING LADIES OF LOWELL appealing” --The New York Times Book Review “Offers up a compelling slice of both feminist and Industrial Age history”--Christian Science Monitor From the New York Times bestselling author of THE DRESSMAKER comes a moving historical novel about a bold young woman drawn to the looms of Lowell, Massachusetts--and to the one man with whom she has no business falling in love. Eager to escape life on her family’s farm, Alice Barrow moves to Lowell in 1832 and throws herself into the hard work demanded of “the mill girls.” In spite of the long hours, she discovers a vibrant new life and a true friend—a saucy, strong-willed girl name Lovey Cornell. But conditions at the factory become increasingly dangerous, and Alice finds the courage to represent the workers and their grievances. Although mill owner, Hiram Fiske, pays no heed, Alice attracts the attention of his eldest son, the handsome and reserved Samuel Fiske. Their mutual attraction is intense, tempting Alice to dream of a different future for herself. This dream is shattered when Lovey is found strangled to death. A sensational trial follows, bringing all the unrest that’s brewing to the surface. Alice finds herself torn between her commitment to the girls in the mill and her blossoming relationship with Samuel. Based on the actual murder of a mill girl and the subsequent trial in 1833, THE DARING LADIES OF LOWELL brilliantly captures a transitional moment in America’s history while also exploring the complex nature of love, loyalty, and the enduring power of friendship.

A History of American Working-Class Literature

A History of American Working-Class Literature
Title A History of American Working-Class Literature PDF eBook
Author Nicholas Coles
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages
Release 2017-03-02
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1108509029

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A History of American Working-Class Literature sheds light not only on the lived experience of class but the enormously varied creativity of working-class people throughout the history of what is now the United States. By charting a chronology of working-class experience, as the conditions of work have changed over time, this volume shows how the practice of organizing, economic competition, place, and time shape opportunity and desire. The subjects range from transportation narratives and slave songs to the literature of deindustrialization and globalization. Among the literary forms discussed are memoir, journalism, film, drama, poetry, speeches, fiction, and song. Essays focus on plantation, prison, factory, and farm, as well as on labor unions, workers' theaters, and innovative publishing ventures. Chapters spotlight the intersections of class with race, gender, and place. The variety, depth, and many provocations of this History are certain to enrich the study and teaching of American literature.

Women at Work

Women at Work
Title Women at Work PDF eBook
Author Thomas Dublin
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 352
Release 1979
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9780231041676

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Social origins study about the employment of women in the mills(1826-1860) enabled women to enjoy social and independence unknown to their mothers' generation.

A New England Girlhood

A New England Girlhood
Title A New England Girlhood PDF eBook
Author Lucy Larcom
Publisher
Pages 284
Release 1889
Genre Biography & Autobiography
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A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory by Lucy Larcom, first published in 1889, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.