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Lowell Mills Girls
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In The Oppressing Hand of Avarice Would Enslave Us, Thomas Dublin says that the life and sense of community of the women mill operatives was crucial for their ability to protest wage cuts and long work days. This sense of community among the women was nurtured by the structure of mill life. The wom ....
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....y boardinghouses. The people living in these boardinghouses lived in close quarters. A common boardinghouse had four to eight women living together in the same room, which left little opportunity for privacy. Also, with the hours of their jobs and the 10:00 P.M. curfew it was hard for the workers to associate with anyone outside of the mill. This created an atmosphere where there was heavy pressure to conform to the group. This pressure to go along with the group also helped to gain support for .... |
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