Lowell Offering, No. 2 (May 1841)
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Issue No. 2 (May 1841) of the Lowell Offering, a periodical of prose and verse written by female operatives in the Lowell, Massachusetts textile mills. It opens with a two-chapter story, "The Wedding Dress," about a factory girl who buys a silk gown and marries a wealthy old bachelor. The rest is short sketches, essays on nature and happiness, poems, translations from the French, and a closing musical score, "Song of the Weavers." There is no technical weaving content; it is useful as a primary source on mill girls' writing and life.
- Type
- Periodical
- Date
- May 1841
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 31
- Archive notes
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