Life In The Mills

The Lowell Mills opened up a new opportunity for women during the Industrial Revolution. The mills intrigued many women and they wanted to go their and work to experience a new life. They were told that the conditions would be wonderful and they would get to live on their own. The only bad part was the women had to leave their families on the farms and go live at the mills. The women did provide money to their families with their new jobs and sometimes had some leftover to buy themselves something like a new pair of shoes. The headmaster’s of the mills were very rude. They treated the women with no respect and bossed them around. Headmaster’s would even chop off a woman's hair if she didn't follow the rules. The Lowell Mills had some bad sides to it, but by the women working there they were able to learn how to live independently, send money home to their families, make new friends, and even buy themselves something new.