1845 Observations of Lowell by William Scoresby
 
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
OPEN COLLECTIONS
WOMEN WORKING 1800-1930
 
AMERICAN FACTORIES AND THEIR FEMALE OPERATIVES
BY REV. WILLIAM SCORESBY
PUBLISHED 1845
 
LOWELL
 
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EXCERPT

CHAPTER I                                                                                  PAGE
Progress of American Manufactures                                                 1

CHAPETR II
Of the City of Lowell with its Manufactories, etc.                              8-49

CHAPTER III
The Female Operatives or Factory Girls of Lowell                            50-88

CHAPTER IV
Enguiry into the Causes of the Superior Morals and 
     Intellectual Condition of the Lowell Girls Factory                         89-96

CHAPTER V
Suggestions for the Improvement of the Condition of 
     Our Factory Operative—Especially that of Females                     97-130
 
APPENDIX                                                                                   131
 
  
 
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