So, I've basically started reading a couple of the books that I got from the library on Friday. One that I'm focusing on tonight is "The Lowell Offering: Writings by New England Mill Women (1840-1845)." In this collection there are letters to home which describe first moments of walking into the mill, meeting other young women, and living in the close quarters of the boarding houses. I get more and more excited as I read on, but I know that I still have a lot more to learn and I definetly need to be putting this assignment at the top of my list.
I'm actually starting to put some of my thoughts down on to paper and I'm starting to take the advice that the "Craft of Research" gives us to narrow my topic down.
I've added a video thing to the top of my page. Hopefully it will keep only videos from the mills, but I'm not sure what will happen with it.
I hope all of you are doing well in your research!
What a great find! Looking at the actual primary sources, I think, is much more interesting than just plowing through secondary sources, so it's great that you've found these letters. Nice work with the fancy youtube bar, too!
ReplyDeleteAlso - make sure you try to find out who published this book and for what reason. If it's a company publication, I'm sure there was some definite censorship going on with what was published.
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