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#1165606 in Books Robinson Harriet Jane 2011-03-16Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .80 x 5.50l; .70 #File Name: 1429045248236 pagesLoom and Spindle
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Early labor for Lowell Mill Girls meant an education in the artsBy William E. TobinThe first Lowell Mill Girls were rewarded with a decent; fair; wage; clean housing; and plentiful educational opportunities. This led to the first all female written publication of the Lowell Connection. It was full of poetry and prose that rivaled in quality any of the publications in the 1840’s United States. This book is a first person account of this era. It ends in the 1890’s when the author looks at the new class of mill worker that is overworked and too tired to attend the lectures and participate in the learning opportunities. She claims that filthy; slum like living conditions exacerbates moral and intellectual decay. She gives us a warning that treating workers like machines will not help the long term profit margin of the capitalist owners. A great lesson for us all in 2017. Education is our ability to help ourselves make a better life. Factory workers must be respected and treated as thinking; intelligent human beings.6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Must Reading in Women's HistoryBy Richard RobertsHarriet Hansen Robinson went to work in the Massachusetts textile mills as a "bobbin girl" at age 10; when the industry was just getting underway in 1834. Writing her biography many years later -- and there are only two such glimpses into this amazing moment of the country's unfolding (Lucy Larcom's is the other); Robinson reveals the resourceful independence; curiosity and creativity of these mill women.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Very informative. If you are from or traveling to ...By AshleyVery informative. If you are from or traveling to MA and go throughLowell and the other towns industrial areas it really opens your eyes.Thank God they didn't tear down all the old mills.
