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The Lowell Offering: Writings by New England Mill Women (1840-1945) (77th Edition) by Benita Eisler (Editor) Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1997 ISBN-10: 0-393-31685-8 / 0393316858 ISBN-13: 978-0-393-31685-8 / 9780393316858 The industrial revolution in nineteenth-century New England, in the words of the workers. The Mill Women of Lowell, Massachusetts -- the first female industrial wage earners in the United States -- were a new social and economic phenomenon in American society. In the 1830s and 1840s, drawn by the hi |