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Lowell mills and mill girls (1823)

On the Industrial Revolution map as “Lowell, Massachusetts”

1823 — On the Merrimack, the Boston Associates build a planned mill town. Its “mill girls” are young New England farm women who live in company boarding houses. They strike against wage cuts in 1834 and again in 1836.

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Turning point
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Industrial Revolution in America (chapter 9 of Industrial Revolution)
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The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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Map showing Lowell mills and mill girls (1823), turning point in The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
TURNING POINT · THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1750–1914

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