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Lowell Mills Girls
Title: Lowell Mills Girls
Category: History
Details: Words: 711 | Pages: 3.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Lowell Mills Girls
In The Oppressing Hand of Avarice Would Enslave Us, Thomas Dublin says that the life and sense of community of the women mill operatives was crucial for their ability to protest wage cuts and long work days. This sense of community among the women was nurtured by the structure of mill life. The women lived and worked together in close conditions. They trained newcomers and covered for one another, when necessary. This cohesion amongst them …showed first 75 words of 711 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 711 total…with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. This article could have easily said the same thing in much less space. Something I liked was the inclusion of the diaries of the actual workers, and I liked hearing about it from their point of view. Jack Dublin makes the point that the unity of the workers at the Lowell mills was crucial for their striking ability in his article, The Oppressing Hand of Avarice Would Enslave Us.
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