Women in Literature Handouts: The Lowell Mill Girls

Take your study of women's literature to the next level with this comprehensive guide to The Lowell Mill Girls!

Explore the implications of poor working conditions, abuse, and pay cuts during the industrial revolution with your students through letter literature. This handout will aid any student's understanding of Josephine L. Baker's work “A Second Peep at Factory Life," as well as provide historical context and insights.

This handout will also provide students and teachers with example of further academic scholarship written about The Lowell Mill Girls and the Lowell Offering.