Before Mothers Had Their Day
Posted 05-07-2014 at 08:21 AM by Fortoggie
WOMEN OF THE MILL; There are a thousand stories of women and working conditions in textile mills but the one that caught my eye was how some women acted to preserve their dignity and feelings of equality. This happened in Lowell, Mass. They developed their own newspaper to communicate with fellow workers and to let the owners know how they saw the situation. Today they don't have to print a newspaper, they only have to use texting to build strength and a common purpose.
"Significantly, many workers saw the new, profit-driven economic system as being opposed to traditional American ideals of freedom, justice and independence. This was especially true of the women writing for the Voice, some of whom were granddaughters of American revolutionaries, and self-identified as “Daughters of Freemen.” They shared a strong sense of dignity and social equality, and stubbornly refused to see themselves as less than equal to the mill owners." Textile History
"Significantly, many workers saw the new, profit-driven economic system as being opposed to traditional American ideals of freedom, justice and independence. This was especially true of the women writing for the Voice, some of whom were granddaughters of American revolutionaries, and self-identified as “Daughters of Freemen.” They shared a strong sense of dignity and social equality, and stubbornly refused to see themselves as less than equal to the mill owners." Textile History
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