Question

Imagine yourself in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1840 where either you or a close family member works as a factory girl in the textile mill. Discuss what you (or your close family member) experience and see. Consider how technology has made the town distinct and if women affiliated with the mill were treated better or worse in society than their peers elsewhere.

Answer 1

Lowell Mill Girls were female workers in America. They were employed in an innovative labor system in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Explanation:

Lowell Cobbett built Boston manufacturing company inn Massachusetts which employed young girls in the textile mills. These mills converted raw cotton into finished Fabric and it need not require much physical labor. It ensured independence to the women in those days and economic freedom was prevalent when most men were still working in farms to earn their livelihood.  

These women stayed near the factories in boarding houses and began publishing their own magazines but the content of which was always overseen by the mill owners and son it ensured only positive views about the working environment.  But gradually, the tensions between the workers and the mill owners increased and it led to the migration of women to United States.