Lowell Mill Girls

What was filling the air in the mills?

• cotton dust

• toxic gasses

• sawdust

Where did most of the girls live before they came to the mills?

• Cities
• Towns
• Farms
• Slums

Company owners wanted to make more money, so what did they do to the wages of the girls at the mill?

• They increased (went up)
• they stayed the same
• they decreased (went down)
• The girls did not get paid

Who were the "Mill Girls"?

• female workers who came to work for the textile corporations in Lowell

• doughnut makers in the Lowell bakery

• responsible for winding-up windmills on farms

• nurses in the hospital in Lowell

How were the textile mills powered?

• using an army of men to push the wheel

• wind power

• water power

• by plugging the machines into the outlets in the walls

Where did most of the girls live before they came to the mills?

• Cities

• Towns

• Farms

• Sudan

Company owners wanted to make more money, so what did they do to the wages of the girls at the mill?

• They increased (went up)

• They made two dollars more each week

• They decreased (went down)

• The girls did not get paid at all

Who were the Lowell girls?

• Factory owner’s wives

• Old women who were homeless

• Cash strapped farmers’ daughters

How did the factory owner cut the cost in the mills?

• A. Lowered pay (so they still made the same even though they are working harder)

• B. Women worked 3 machines instead of 2

• Both A and B

• None of the answers

How did the women in the mill respond to this?

• They started a fire in the work room and ran.

• They wrote a letter with their demands and went on strike

• They decided not to complain and accepted the owner's demands