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400 JuOWBZ,L AND ITS OPERATIVES.
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residents cent average thrice . Not as , of and many far forei mainl from ; gn but y two birth the in -thirds daug the and of hters factories parentage the of operatives farmers throughout is from in th 1861 25 the have to were cit 33 y been non per the - ; ey
In received morall truth y reared the there benefits , is taught of the in household New Englan duties d system hy their of " publi mothers c schools , and . sentative , of a distinct no such class person of beings as a . " factory girl as the
reprement others To , , sti those the pulated factories who hours must present of labour labour these for inducements sure their own good support :- —constan board and at t emp that fixed loy of
price , care when sick , and opportunities , pay for , books and lectures a not found in their rural homes .
tion Cases to her frequentl work y ( perh occur aps that occasional a young extra woman work , hy ) stead and y habits applica of
-, economy , accumulates sufficient to educate herself for a teacheror to remove a small mortgage from the homesteador to assist , a
the brother support h to in his take of younger colleg their iate members course , or of to the hel famil p a y widowed until , they moth are er old in
hundred enoug dollars in the s p avings laces in ban the k for mills the , future or to . deposit a few The girls while at work in the factories can obtain an occasional leave of absence
attention stylish appearance , and her to of beaut one visit of worth their these homes g intelli irls is _, quite The or likel tast all y y to combined honnet attract and the to y , gence
elsewhere bility captivate is that the she _^ , heart if return her of affecti some ons young have , farm not er been or , trader previousl . The y engaged proha , -
the she most came respected , to IJowell matrons , and s , after becomes in accomp the a town th lishing rifty If housekeeper she the m purpose arries and for mechanic one which of _,
. a future or other position working is not man inferior of Lowell . This , or is elsewhere not fancy , , of but goo fact d h abits general , her
occurrence . Factory operatives are not a distinct class in the other social societ organization yeither ; while they in are the not mills separated or after by leaving rules of them caste from
, . but There they are are social gauged distin differentl ctions y in than New in Eng other land countries , and even or in in Lowell other ,
sections of this land . With us , the interests of capital , and labour sufficientl influences are considered in understood promoting to be mutual and the materi . Labour al interests is not of degrading the country , and , are its
in Operatives their appropriate y of differen social t tastes circles respected , degrees . Whatever of to education have its that ri , g position and hts talent establis , move hed be .
and as long , if h as y one her is eff reput orts able or by some character turn , she of fortu is respectfull ne ' s wheel y treated may she is ; ,
that elevated she lias to a been positio a n fa , o ctory f hono girl ur . , it is no stain upon her escut , cheon
400 Juowbz,L And Its Operatives.
400 JuOWBZ , L AND ITS OPERATIVES .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1863, page 400, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081863/page/40/
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