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Book Review of The Lowell Mill Girls: Life in the Factory (Perspectives on History Series)

The Lowell Mill Girls: Life in the Factory (Perspectives on History Series)
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This collection of Essay and historical fiction presents different perspectives on the history of Lowell's female operatives in the 1840's. Included in this volume are:

Lowell History at a Glance by Arthur L. Eno, Jr.

The Mill Girls of Lowell by Verena Rybicki

A Letter to Hannah (A fictional letter from Adeleen Blake to her cousin regarding her life as a mill-worker in Lowell, Mass.) by Shirley Gifford, illustrated by Susan Lipman.

The Spirit of Discontent by Almira, a Lowell Mill Girl (from the Lowell Offering)

Some of the Beauties of Our Factory System-Otherwise, Lowell Slavery by Amelia Sargent (from Factory Tract Number 1).