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I think that the importance of the Dublin's reading was to emphasize the significant active role of women in the factory town. Women's success in the factory was contributed to their ability to create an autonomy and development of a close-knit community. I found it interesting that the author mentioned that women's success in organizing a community in the workplace was the major factor that contributed to the turn-out strikes. It was also interesting to learn about the contrasts between the first two turn-out protests where women demonstrated against reduced wages and were able to garner more people in their support. -Joseph C. | I think that the importance of the Dublin's reading was to emphasize the significant active role of women in the factory town. Women's success in the factory was contributed to their ability to create an autonomy and development of a close-knit community. I found it interesting that the author mentioned that women's success in organizing a community in the workplace was the major factor that contributed to the turn-out strikes. It was also interesting to learn about the contrasts between the first two turn-out protests where women demonstrated against reduced wages and were able to garner more people in their support. -Joseph C. | ||
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| + | I really liked reading about women who actually stood up for themselves. They knew they were being treated unfairly and they gathered together and did something about it. Even though they failed, they still persevered and created The Lowell Female Labor Reform Association. The elected officers and sent delegates to the New England Workingmen's Association. It was definitely a huge change from the supposed "submissive" women we read about before. -- Kari W. | ||
== Comparative comments/questions == | == Comparative comments/questions == | ||
It was neat to look at the different ways that people tried to create a better life for themselves in very different ways. Some families who could manage to send their daughters to the mills did so, and others used newly innovative tools to be able to produce enough to turn a profit on their farms. All of this was so that they could afford to purchase goods in what was quickly becoming a highly competitive, capitalistic world. -Lacey | It was neat to look at the different ways that people tried to create a better life for themselves in very different ways. Some families who could manage to send their daughters to the mills did so, and others used newly innovative tools to be able to produce enough to turn a profit on their farms. All of this was so that they could afford to purchase goods in what was quickly becoming a highly competitive, capitalistic world. -Lacey | ||
