Wednesday, October 27, 2010
oh..
Oh and I finally got my MelCat today......7days later. So, if you find something order it soon.
FIND: American Notes
I was able to come across in my searches one day an article written by Charles Dickens and he gives a very well written account of his visit to the factory. What I like about his account is that, although he left out many details, he wrote a lot about the lives of the women in the boardinghouses and at work. One section of this article I specifically liked was:
I am now going to state three facts, which will startle a large class of readers on this side of the
Atlantic very much. Firstly, there is a joint-stock piano in a great many of the boardinghouses.
Secondly, nearly all these young ladies subscribe to circulating libraries. Thirdly, they have got up
among themselves a periodical called THE LOWELL OFFERING, "a repository of original articles,
written exclusively by females actively employed in the mills," -- which is dulyy printed, published, and
sold; an whereof I brought away from Lowell four hundred good solid pages, which I have read from
beginning to end.
After reading his chapter on Lowell, I had an even better understanding of the factories. Although he never compares factories of Manchester (which were horrible horrible horrible) to that of Lowell, this chapter gives me a definite impression that, for the times, the women's positions in the factories were not that bad. They were getting an education, living in warm boardinghouses, being fed, attending up-lifting religious ceremonies, gossiping, creating fashion styles, and writing freely. For the first time these women were able to live in an area where they didn't have to live under their fathers or husbands rules.
huh...I wonder what the men thought of this. I shall find out tomorrow!
Dickens, Charles, "IV An American Railroad. Lowell and It's Factory System," American Notes, (New York: St. Martin's, 1985), 61-62.
I am now going to state three facts, which will startle a large class of readers on this side of the
Atlantic very much. Firstly, there is a joint-stock piano in a great many of the boardinghouses.
Secondly, nearly all these young ladies subscribe to circulating libraries. Thirdly, they have got up
among themselves a periodical called THE LOWELL OFFERING, "a repository of original articles,
written exclusively by females actively employed in the mills," -- which is dulyy printed, published, and
sold; an whereof I brought away from Lowell four hundred good solid pages, which I have read from
beginning to end.
After reading his chapter on Lowell, I had an even better understanding of the factories. Although he never compares factories of Manchester (which were horrible horrible horrible) to that of Lowell, this chapter gives me a definite impression that, for the times, the women's positions in the factories were not that bad. They were getting an education, living in warm boardinghouses, being fed, attending up-lifting religious ceremonies, gossiping, creating fashion styles, and writing freely. For the first time these women were able to live in an area where they didn't have to live under their fathers or husbands rules.
huh...I wonder what the men thought of this. I shall find out tomorrow!
Dickens, Charles, "IV An American Railroad. Lowell and It's Factory System," American Notes, (New York: St. Martin's, 1985), 61-62.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Success!
Success on Mel Cat!!!! It's really easy requesting material online. I'm waiting to see how getting the two books I ordered online through the system before I order the microfilm. Also, just by being on the website I was able to find many other resources I could think about getting. Now that I've gotten general background on the mill and how it works I'm really starting to concentrate on the boardinghouse life. That means lots of diaries, newspapers, and letters that I'm going to search through. Everything's on it's way and because we don't have class on Thursday I'm still going to wake up and work on all my research project because I am a little behind and I don't want to be!!!
One question though; if anyone can help me out. Will I just get an email when my books come in? I'm assuming that's how it works, but I'm kinda unsure. Anyway! See you in class!
One question though; if anyone can help me out. Will I just get an email when my books come in? I'm assuming that's how it works, but I'm kinda unsure. Anyway! See you in class!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Haven't worked much.
Hey!
So, I went home this past weekend and..yea....didn't get that much done on my topic. But, I have been reading our homework and I like this book a lot more than "Maya of Morganton." I like how she's looking right into the community and how she gives us brief information on the beginning of Lansing and the Industry. After doing the reading, it draws me to the conclusion that I think I'm trying to look for conflict within the community instead of the just looking at the community as a whole. That I'm trying to find what made the women and men of the Lowell tick, when I should just be looking to find what the women and men did around town.
Because of this, I'm going to be searching more deeply into newspapers to find what activities were going on. Also, I really want to know what types of ethnicities came to Lowell at this industrial age and how that affected living situations within the boarding houses. So I think I'm going to start with ancestry.com through MSU to see if there are any census records available and then move on from there.
tut tut for now!
See you in class.
So, I went home this past weekend and..yea....didn't get that much done on my topic. But, I have been reading our homework and I like this book a lot more than "Maya of Morganton." I like how she's looking right into the community and how she gives us brief information on the beginning of Lansing and the Industry. After doing the reading, it draws me to the conclusion that I think I'm trying to look for conflict within the community instead of the just looking at the community as a whole. That I'm trying to find what made the women and men of the Lowell tick, when I should just be looking to find what the women and men did around town.
Because of this, I'm going to be searching more deeply into newspapers to find what activities were going on. Also, I really want to know what types of ethnicities came to Lowell at this industrial age and how that affected living situations within the boarding houses. So I think I'm going to start with ancestry.com through MSU to see if there are any census records available and then move on from there.
tut tut for now!
See you in class.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Gathering My Thoughts--LateNightStyle
Great game today!!!!! Go Green!
Basically, I've been trying to gather my thoughts around this topic. Trying to get resources and everything still. I'm a very visual learner and there's a lot that I want to incorporate into the paper, so I've created a poster board of notes! Haha!
Basically, I've been trying to gather my thoughts around this topic. Trying to get resources and everything still. I'm a very visual learner and there's a lot that I want to incorporate into the paper, so I've created a poster board of notes! Haha!
Haha! This is my board....It's kinda my version of a web.
As I've been going through my information so far, I've found that I need just a little something more, so I'm going to the library tomorrow....again.
I found a cool website though, where you could make life choices as if you were a mill girl. It's really short, but it gives you some great background information:
It's neat! Anyway, I'll write more again soon.
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