The Lowell Mill Girls represented all that women were capable of and just how strong they could be at a time when that was not fully recognized. You could say the "trend in society" they represented was the increasing spotlight on women and women's issues.
Isolation. They tried to stay out of the line of fire, letting the Europeans run rampid about, as they tried to fix their own problems. Continually point fingers at U.S, trying to get them to act. U.S eventually got dragged in, due to the fact that Japan had attacked the United states.
