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Loom and Spindle

Loom and Spindle

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Number of Chapters: 13

Length: 05 hours and 39 minutes

Language: English

Harriet Robinson was a frequent contributor to the famous monthly periodical, "The Lowell Offering", which featured poetry, essays and fiction written between 1840-1845 by the young female textile workers (ages 15-35) known as Lowell Mill Girls, living in the innovative Lowell, Massachusetts textile mills communities. Articles published therein describe their living conditions, where they came from, how they felt about their jobs, challenges met, bosses, new experiences and education they received. Rev. A.C. Thomas who organized and edited the publication, found in these factory girls a good field for the application of his belief that women have the right and the ability to express their thoughts, both in speaking and in writing. In his own words, "...and thus was published ... the first magazine or journal written exclusively by women in all the world." Harriet continued writing for the rest of her life, including this book, largely in support of women's education, independence and suffrage. (Summary by ~ Michele Fry)

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Introduction (Michele Fry)
Ch 1, Lowell Sixty Years Ago (Michele Fry)
Ch 2. Child-Life in the Lowell Cotton Mills (Ronell)
Ch 3. The Little Mill-Girl's Alma Mater (Michele Fry)
Ch 4. The Characteristics of the Early Factory Girls (Pam Flaherty)
Ch 5. Characteristics (Continued) (Zoe Martinez)
Ch 6 The Lowell Offering and its Writers (Adam Starks)
Ch 7. The Lowell Offering (Continued) (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Ch 8.1. Brief Biographies of some of the Writers: Harriot F. Curtis, The Currier Sisters, Eliza Jane Cate, Betsey Chamberlain, Harriet Farley (Michele Fry)
Ch 8.2 Brief Biographies: Margaret F. Foley, Lydia .S Hall, Harriot Jane Hanson, Emmeline Larcom (Michele Fry)
Ch 8.3 Brief Biographies: Lucy Larcom (Pam Flaherty)
Ch 8.4 Brief Biographies: Sarah Shedd, Elizabeth Emerson Turner, Clementine Averill (Pam Flaherty)
Ch 9. The Cotton Factory of To-day (Michele Fry)
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