New England Mill Girls It is 1834 and, as a single woman of 18, you have decided to work for one year in the textile mills at Lowell, Massachusetts. Write a letter home to your parents explaining your decision, your working and living conditions, and your plans for the future. At Least Three Paragraphs.
What was it like to be a girl working at the Lowell Mills in the 1830s?
What was it like to be a girl working at the Lowell Mills in the 1830s? Would you have taken this job? Why? What are textile mills like today–and where are they located? What kind of workers are hired to work in textile mills today?