Imagine yourself in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1840 where either you or a close family member works as a factory girl in the texti
le 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.
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.
To answer the question in the picture, “to punish people who act violently”. But in reality , freedom of speech is being attacked by Democrat lawmakers.
They were very superstitious and a number of superstitions still in effect today come from them. Random bad luck that can strike at any time and requires charms to remove. Bat bones are lucky and should be carried everywhere a person goes. Crows were considered bad luck and usually were a sign of bad things to come.
Born into slavery in Maryland, Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom in the North in 1849 to become the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. Tubman risked her life to lead hundreds of family members and other slaves from the plantation system to freedom on this elaborate secret network of safe houses.
Contour ploughing is the farming practice of plowing and/or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines. These contour lines create a water break which reduces the formation of rills and gullies during times of heavy water run-off; which is a major cause of soil erosion.
