Lowell Mill Girls

Question 1

Lowell mill girls are the female laborers who arrived to work in Lowell’s industrial companies, Massachusetts, in the period of American industrial revolution.  The girls were at first enlisted by Lowell’s corporations and they belonged to the farmers in New England. The girls were typically aged amid 10 and 30 years (Lowell 1).

Question 2

I believe that the decision by the girls to leave their families and the working lives were a good one.  In that despite the fact that they worked for longer workers in the corporations their payments were classified, were provided with shelter and most of all they were raised in a religious way (Cassy 5:14).  The provision of education was also crucial in providing knowledge to the girls to utilize in the future since they were young and their parents who were farmers would not afford education for them.  The farming life was characterized by poverty since the wages were inadequate and therefore the girls working in the mills offered financial support to their families (Griffge 4:26). The strict monitoring enhanced their morals by instilling knowledge as well as hard but beneficial experience.

Question 3

Personally, I would not have enjoyed the life of the mill girls.  The girls were working for approximately 70 or even longer hours each week with harsh conditions.  In addition, they had to adhere to the strict curfews as well as complete supervisions (Lowell 1).  The girls were required to adhere to the rules which were documented in a book where most would leave if they failed to follow. This made the existence of the homes to be more like those of slaves since freedom was not in existence. Even with the provision of additional benefits such as attending lectures, their movement was fully controlled.

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