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Rykki
is on page 39 of 236
This book was purchased after being given the link to a copy of the original online by my history instructor after choosing the Lowell mill strikes as the topic for my paper. I am not disappointed. This book went to publication the same year my grandfather was born, and I am surprised at the ease of reading for a book so old! I am also not surprised at the level of "kids will be kids."
— Aug 01, 2021 03:35PM
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Rykki
is on page 86 of 236
This chapter had some really interesting information on the reality of the social expectations and education levels of the mill girls, as well as how hard the work was at the time. I have an entirely different perspective on what it must have been like at the time. I think I would have liked to have been a mill girl in the early days. You work hard, but so many options for education and access to libraries! Yes!
— Aug 04, 2021 01:15PM
Rykki
is on page 60 of 236
There are so many fascinating things I didn't know about history. I didn't know the Universalist church and the Unitarians were two different churches, nor that they existed in the 1830s. I also didn't realize there was a church at the time that challenged the ideas in the Bible and focused on morals instead of religious doctrine. I expected to read about the mill girls, but I'm reading about so much more!
— Aug 01, 2021 09:18PM
