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Life
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On this page:
Nonfiction Books | Fiction
Books | Websites
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Books |
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Author |
Title |
| 338.47 Moran |
Moran, William. |
The belles of
New England: The women of the textile mills and the families whose
wealth they wove. |
| 331.892 Watson |
Watson, Bruce. |
Bread and roses: Mills, migrants, and the struggle for
the American dream. |
| 331.88 Juravich |
Juravich, Tom. |
Commonwealth
of toil: Chapters in the history of Massachusetts workers and their
unions. |
| 331.4 Lowell |
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The Lowell
offering: Writings by New England mill women (1840-1845). |
| 331.4 Needle |
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A Needle, a
bobbin, a strike: Women needleworkers in America. |
| B LARCOM, L. |
Larcom, Lucy. |
A New England
girlhood: Outlined from memory. |
| 331.4 Dublin |
Dublin, Thomas. |
Transforming
women's work: New England lives in the industrial revolution. |
| 331.4 Dublin |
Dublin, Thomas. |
Women at work:
The transformation of work and community in Lowell, Massachusetts,
1826-1860. |
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Websites
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Holt
Labor Library www.holtlaborlibrary.org/Lawrence.html
An overview of the strike and an excellent bibliography are on this site.
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Lawrence
Heritage State Park www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/lwhp.htm
A restored boarding house with two floors of interactive exhibits tells
the tale of Lawrence, one of the nation's first planned industrial cities.
Along with stories of Lawrence's mill workers and industry, the workers'
role in the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike is relived with images and sounds.
Walk along the esplanade of a nineteenth-century canal and through a park
created within the walls of an industrial-era building.
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Lowell
National Historical Park www.nps.gov/lowe
The history of America's Industrial Revolution is commemorated at
this National Park in Lowell, Massachusetts. The park includes
textile mills, worker housing, 5.6 miles of canals, and 19th-century
commercial buildings.
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Mass
Moments - Bread and Roses Strike Begins www.massmoments.org/index.cfm?mid=16
From the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, includes links to
primary sources.
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