Mill Girls of Lowell
by Jeff Levinson

The pre-Civil War textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts exemplified the American industrial revolution and heralded a nationwide shift from farm to factory.  During this time, technological innovation, investment capital, entrepreneurship, new methods of industrial organization, and labor provided by “mill girls” propelled large-scale manufacturing in an important U.S. industry.  Mill Girls of Lowell gives insight into the role of mill girls in the story of modernization and industrialization through the mill girls’ personal recollections, newspaper articles, and essays.  Other primary sources give insight into the early labor movement.  A comprehensive introduction gives an overview of the American textile industry, and excerpts from the writings of Charles Dickens and John Greenleaf Whittier are also included.

ISBN: 978-1-932663-15-0     Publication Date: Dec. 2007     Price: 7.95     70 pages, paperback