"Daughters of freemen still": female textile operatives and the changing face of Lowell, 1820-1850

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dc.contributor.authorMurphy, John B.en
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:31:05Zen
dc.date.adate2009-03-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:31:05Zen
dc.date.issued1990en
dc.date.rdate2009-03-12en
dc.date.sdate2009-03-12en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates the female labor force of the Lowell textile mills from 1820 to 1850. First, it describes the development of the Lowell system and the philosophy on which it was founded. Next, it examines the working conditions in the mills and the daily lives of the women who worked in them. Finally, it describes the circumstances that brought about labor unrest and ultimately a complete change in the work force at Lowell, from the young, single, New England farm women to immigrant laborers. A variety of primary sources, such as letters, diaries, essays and poems written by the mill workers themselves, provide insights into how these women viewed their work, their lives, and the events that transformed the factories and city of Lowell.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentvi, 101 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03122009-040515en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03122009-040515/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41451en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.M877.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 22361340en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.M877en
dc.subject.lcshTextile industry -- Massachusetts -- Lowell -- History -- 19th centuryen
dc.subject.lcshTextile workers -- Massachusetts -- Lowell -- Historyen
dc.subject.lcshWomen -- Employment -- Massachusetts -- Lowell -- Historyen
dc.title"Daughters of freemen still": female textile operatives and the changing face of Lowell, 1820-1850en
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineHistoryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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