The Lowell Girls
These are the Lowell Mill Girls was the name used for female textile workers in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. The Lowell textile mills employed a workforce who was about three quarters female; this characteristic unique at the time caused two social effects, a close examination of the women's moral behavior, and a form of labor agitation.
The Lowell female textile workers wrote and published several literary magazines, including the Lowell offering, which featured essays, poetry and fiction written by female textile workers. They also actively participated in early labor reform through legislative petitions, forming labor organizations, contributing essays and articles to a pro-labor newspaper the Voice of Industry and protesting through strikes.
The Lowell female textile workers wrote and published several literary magazines, including the Lowell offering, which featured essays, poetry and fiction written by female textile workers. They also actively participated in early labor reform through legislative petitions, forming labor organizations, contributing essays and articles to a pro-labor newspaper the Voice of Industry and protesting through strikes.