Before the mills...
Where did most women work/ live before the mills
Which mills were better to work in England or Lowell
Lowell
Did women ever go on strike?
yes women did go on strike
What is an economic depression
when an entire country is extremely poor
Who was Lucy Hall?
15 year old girl who moved from the farm to work at the Lowell Mills
Why were England's mills seen as horrible
because people started working there as children and usually got trapped working their for a long time. Also the conditions of the mills were much worse.
Why did women organize the first strike?
because the mill owners cut their wages and wanted them to work longer hours
Did some men create unions?
yes
What kind of picture evidence do we have from this period of time
sketching, black and white, etchings
Name 1 thing women did on the farm
answers may vary
What was 1 major difference for women working in the mills instead of on the farm
on the farm they made their own schedule and at the mills they had to work by the bells/bosses schedule
Was the first strike successful? Why or why not?
no it was not because there were plenty of other women to take the jobs of the women who went on strike
Who began to replace women in the mills?
Irish immigrants
Why was this time in history important
It changed the life style from farms and rural areas to city life and industry
Name another thing women were responsible for on the farm
answers may vary
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Name 3 things women did with their new income
bought clothes, sent it back to their families, dowries, education
How many women attended the first strike?
800
What did the new workers who replaced women achieve with their new unions.
a 10 hour work day
Name the first Latina Woman to be a supreme court justice
Sonia Sotomayor
Because of the mill industry what kind of economy did America shift over to?
cash economy
True or False: Mill work was HARDER than farm work
False: it was not much harder, it was just different
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How long after the first strike did the women strike again? Was this strike successful? Why was this strike more successful than the first?
2 years later, yes it was, because the women were more organized and had more experience
Why did women strike the second time?
they were trying to raise the price to live at the boarding houses
What is the name of the woman on the poster for women empowerment
Rosie the Riveter