The Factory Girls: A Collection of Writings on Life and Struggles in the New England Factories of the 1840s by the Factory Girls Themselves, and the Story, In Their Own Words, of the First Trade Unions of Women Workers in the United States.

xxvii, 360 pp. The Factory Girls: A Collection of Writings on Life and Struggles in the New England Factories of the 1840s by the Factory Girls Themselves, and the Story, In Their Own Words, of the First Trade Unions of Women Workers in the United States. "Mill workers of the Northeast talk about industrial development, working conditions, and trade unions." KEYWORDS: FACTORY GIRLS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY NEW ENGLAND AMERICANA AMERICAN HISTORY WOMENS STUDIES TRADE UNION UNIONS UNITED STATES LOWELL OFFERING