Bibliograph

The Lowell mill girls, by Alice K. Flanagan

Type

Label

The Lowell mill girls, by Alice K. Flanagan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Lowell mill girls

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

58054665

Responsibility statement

by Alice K. Flanagan

Series statement

We the people

Summary

Discusses the history of the first mill in the United States to use machines to turn raw cotton into finished cloth, the women who worked in the mill, and how the innovations in the textile industry brought on the Industrial Revolution

Table Of Contents

Becoming a mill girl -- How the Lowell mills began -- Job and educational opportunities -- Factory conditions -- How the mill girls made cloth -- Life in a boardinghouse -- Getting an education -- What became of the mill girls

Target audience

juvenile

Classification