WorksheetsWomen in Textile Mills
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 17mins
The editor of the Boston Quarterly Review.
Charles Smith
Charles Brown
Charles Brownson
Charles Lowell
Brownson thought that women working in factories was oppressive and (a) .
Factory workers were paid more than ________.
domestics
seamstresses
school teachers
all of the above
Typical summer workday in the mills was _______hours.
8-10
10-12
12-14
14-16
Cloth or fabric
(a)
Machines that make fabric.
women
men
factories
looms
A general term for workers
(a)
People from New England were called this.
Irish
English
French
Yankees
People who operate machines.
mill operatives
seamstresses
domestics
school teachers
Author of Women at Work
(a)
Average daily pay for women at Hamilton Company in 1836.
.50
.60
.70
.80
Number of women employed at Hamilton Company in 1836.
(a)
Men made _______per day at Hamilton Company in 1836.
1.22
1.32
1.42
1.52
Room and board refers to housing and (a) .
_______likes working on a farm better than the factory.
Sally Rice
Emmeline Larcom
Harriet Robinson
Oberlin College
(a) worked at a factory to help support mother and siblings.
________wrote "Early Factory Labor in New England"
Sally Rice
Emmeline Larcom
Harriet Robinson
Oberlin College
One incentive to work in a factory was to pay for ____ members of the family to be educated.
female
young
male
old
Lucy Ann wanted to attend (a) College.
Oberlin College allowed women to attend in this year.
1827
1837
1847
1857
Lucy Ann is from this New England state.
(a)
Lucy Ann compares her home to this.
school
factory
prison
retreat
This person wanted to take Lucy Ann's money.
(a)
