Labor In America
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The Industrial Revolution was dawning in the United States. At
Lowell, Massachusetts, the construction of a big cotton mill began in
1821. It was the first of several that would be built there in the
next 10 years. The machinery to spin and weave cotton into cloth
would be driven by water po ....
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harder for less and less pay. How, then, were the factory owners able
to recruit farm girls as laborers? They did it by building decent
houses in which the girls could live. These houses were supervised by
older women who made sure that the girls lived by strict moral
standards. The girls were encouraged to go to church, to read, to
write and to attend lectures. They saved part of their earnings to
help their families at home or to use when they got married. Th ....
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