MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Women came to work in the mills where cotton was turned into thread and thread was woven into cloth by machines all under one roof.
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Young women who came in to work at the Lowell textile mills; they worked 12-15 hour days with only Sunday off for very low wages.
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Dorothea Lowell and Samantha Lowell
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1830s, half a century before the better-known mass movements for workers’ rights in the United States, the Lowell mill women organized, went on strike and mobilized in politics when women couldn’t even vote-and created the first union of working women in American history.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most textile workers toiled for 12 to 14 hours a day and half a day on Saturdays; the mills were closed on Sundays. Typically, mill girls were employed for nine to ten months of the year, and many left the factories during part of the summer to visit back home.
Detailed explanation-3: -By 1840, the factories in Lowell employed at some estimates more than 8, 000 textile workers, commonly known as mill girls or factory girls.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the mid-1800s, the Lowell mills provided an opportunity for the girls to work away from home, offering good wages with contracts. Women who worked at the Lowell textile mill were known as the Lowell Mill Girls and operatives since they operated the machinery in the mill.