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Mind Amongst the Spindles

Mind Amongst the Spindles

著者： Charles Knight
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Step back into the vibrant tapestry of Lowell, Massachusetts, a city born in the 1820s as a visionary manufacturing hub for textiles, nestled along the rushing Merrimack River, just 25 miles northwest of Boston. By the 1850s, Lowell boasted the largest industrial complex in the United States, with its textile mills weaving cotton sourced from the South. Remarkably, in 1860, Lowell housed more cotton spindles than all eleven states that would later form the Confederacy combined. Mind Amongst the Spindles showcases a curated selection from the Lowell Offering, a monthly periodical that captured the creative spirit of the female workers in the textile mills, known as the Lowell Mill Girls. These young women, aged 15 to 35, contributed their voices through poetry, ballads, essays, and fiction from 1840 to 1845. As the publication gained popularity, the mill girls used their narratives to shed light on the realities of their lives, blending seriousness with humor in their storytelling. (Introduction adapted from Wikipedia by MaryAnn)Copyright Fiction Classics アート 世界 文学史・文学批評
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