Lowell Offering, No. 3 (June 1841)
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Issue No. 3 (June 1841) of the Lowell Offering, a periodical of prose and verse written by women mill operatives in Lowell, Massachusetts. It opens with 'Tales of Factory Life, No. 1', about a runaway servant girl who finds work and independence in the Lowell mills. Other pieces include the sketches 'Childhood's Home', 'Our Physician', 'Ann and Myself' (on prejudice against factory girls) and 'Recollections of My Childhood', and the tales 'The Old Fashioned Coat' and 'Clara Stanly'. Poems include 'Past Hours', 'Night', 'The Funeral of Harrison' and 'Welcome May'. The issue has no technical textile content, but it gives a contemporary view of mill workers' lives and attitudes.
- Type
- Periodical
- Date
- June 1841
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 32
- Archive notes
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