1. FACTORY WORKER IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS Harriet Robinson: Lowell Mill Girls (1832-1848)

2. “Doffer Girl” “Help was too valuable to be ill-treated” - Harriet Robinson

3. How did women’s work in the mill change their experiences? General (Meaning) Specific (Evidence) Experience of Community who, ages, from where Experience of Work hours, treatment, type of labor, payment, leisure Relationship to Money how they spent wages/inheritance/compare to other jobs Power Did their work give women more power? Yes and No

4. Category: Relationship to Money Women’s Rights? Were women entitled to an inheritance? To property rights? Were they entitled to spend their own money? What else does this tell us about how women were viewed in New England society?

5. Category: Women’s Power What power did women have in the Lowell cotton mill factories? Was the strike of 1836 successful? According to Harriet Robinson, what was the legacy of the 1836 strike?