lowell

Describes the working conditions experienced by women laborers in textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, with first-hand accounts, photographs, journal entries, and more.

Focuses on the lives of Lucy Larcom, Harriet Hanson Robinson, and Sarah G. Bagley, who survived the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, to become dynamic and ideal nineteenth-century women.

Bob Tarte describes how his dream of escaping the bustle of the city was crushed after he moved to the country with his new wife, who loved animals and tried to turn their home into a zoo.

Essays and short stories provide a look at life in the factory for females who worked in the cotton mills of Lowell, Mass. in the 1840s.

Presents a study of the lives of a group of men, known as the Boston Associates, who prospered as merchants at the start of the nineteenth century and later invested heavily in the American textile industry.

An anthology of letters, stories, essays, and sketches written by the female employees of the mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, and printed in their own literary magazine.

The author tells the stories of how he and his family came to own six cats and how the cats have transformed their lives and house, for better and worse.

An overview of life in a nineteenth-century town in which most people worked in the textile mill, including their housing, food, clothing, schools, and everyday activities.

Presents a history of the Lowell Textile Mills in Massachusetts, and describes how they began, the job and education opportunities for women, life in a boardinghouse, and more.