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I thought it was interesting how the women at Lowell created a sort of familial relationship with other women at the mill.  There are examples of a relationship between new workers and those more experienced that toes the line between sisterly and motherly.  The more experienced workers teach the newer ones how to perform the day-to-day tasks in the mill in a kind of elder sister fashion.  It appears also that they formed a community outside of the workplace and became moral support for their sister workers.  I imagine this sort of sorority was what made it possible for them to think it possible that they could achieve something by going on strike. -Lacey
 
I thought it was interesting how the women at Lowell created a sort of familial relationship with other women at the mill.  There are examples of a relationship between new workers and those more experienced that toes the line between sisterly and motherly.  The more experienced workers teach the newer ones how to perform the day-to-day tasks in the mill in a kind of elder sister fashion.  It appears also that they formed a community outside of the workplace and became moral support for their sister workers.  I imagine this sort of sorority was what made it possible for them to think it possible that they could achieve something by going on strike. -Lacey
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Lowell was intended to be different than the factory towns of Europe.  It was to be an example of a community that was more wholesome and healthful than the industrial cities of Europe.  Was it succesful?  Or was it more of the same? - Stephen
  
 
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