Lowell Mill Girls

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:activeDuring 19th century
gptkbp:advocatesFor better working conditions
shorter work hours
gptkbp:ageRange teenagers and young women
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Lowell_girls
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:American_Industrial_Revolution
gptkbp:demographics mostly daughters of farmers
gptkbp:faced low wages
strict rules
harsh working conditions
long work hours
gptkbp:gender female
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith cotton mills
Lowell textile mills
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lowell Mill Girls
gptkbp:influenced labor reform movement
gptkbp:influencedBy industrialization
gptkbp:inspiredBy later women labor activists
gptkbp:legacy influence on labor laws
early women's labor movement
inspiration for women's rights movement
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lowell,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:notableFor organizing strikes
publishing The Lowell Offering
early labor activism
gptkbp:organizedBy strikes in 1834
strikes in 1836
gptkbp:origin gptkb:New_England
gptkbp:oversees matrons
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Lowell_Offering
gptkbp:residesIn company boardinghouses
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:The_Lowell_Offering
books
documentaries
historical studies
museum exhibits
gptkbp:wrote letters and essays
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Antebellum_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6