History of the United States I / Unit 9 USH1 1205 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Mill Girls
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The idea
The Lowell workforce was drawn primarily from young women of rural farming families, who came to the mills for wages of their own.
In practice
Workers toiling ten to twelve hours a day, six days a week.
Where people slip
Wage work outside a father's household was new for these women, and so was the supervision that came with it.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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