The Lowell Mill Girls: Life in the Factory

by Joanne Weisman Deitch

Book Overview

Primary sources, i.e., letters, journals, etc. of the young women who worked in the Lowell Mills factories. B & W era photos, drawings, illustrations. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878668064
• ISBN13: 9781878668066
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Discovery Enterprises, Limited (MA)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Grade 5 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Primary Source Documents Tell the Story

Essays, journals, letters, and an interesting piece of historical fiction tell this story of the young women who worked in the textile mills in New England. Timetable of the workday and Boarding House regulations of the day are enlightening - especially if you think life is hard today!

Primary Sources help in the study of the Industrial Revoluti

This collection of letters, journals, newspaper accounts and interviews of the young girls who worked in the Lowell Mills is balanced off by the thoughts of the Mill owners. Great background for the study of Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson.