Looks at the technological changes that transformed the making of cloth, which became a key component of the Industrial Revolution that swept across Europe and America in the late 18th century. Includes an animated story that centers on a small New England community similar to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where the first textile mill in America was established.
Describes the working conditions experienced by women laborers in textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, with first-hand accounts, photographs, journal entries, and more.
Focusing on the people and machines that make it happen, shows how cotton is grown, harvested, processed into fibers, dyed, woven into fabric, and sold for a variety of purposes.
the women of the textile mills and the families whose wealth they wove
Moran, William
2002
Chronicles the experiences of the thousands of women who left New England farm towns to work in the textile cities that sprang up in the region in the early nineteenth century.
Robert Moore is a harsh mill-owner who pushes his workers so far that one of them tries to kill him. While dealing with the attempt on his life, Robert is also confronted with two very different women. One of whom is Caroline Helstone, a shy girl virtually imprisoned in her uncle's rectory and in love with Robert. The other is Shirley, a wealthy, outgoing woman who reject's Robert's self-seeking offer of marriage.
