Loom and Spindle
Harriet H. Robinson
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Harriet Robinson was a frequent contributor to the famous monthly periodical, "The Lowell Offering", which featured poetry, essays and fiction written between 1840-1845 by the young female textile workers (ages 15-35) known as Lowell Mill Girls, living in the innovative Lowell, Massachusetts textile mills communities. Articles published therein describe their living conditions, where they came from, how they felt about their jobs, challenges met, bosses, new experiences and education they received. Rev. A.C. Thomas who organized and edited the publication, found in these factory girls a good field for the application of his belief that women have the right and the ability to express their thoughts, both in speaking and in writing. In his own words, "...and thus was published ... the first magazine or journal written exclusively by women in all the world." Harriet continued writing for the rest of her life, including this book, largely in support of women's education, independence and suffrage. (Summary by ~ Michele Fry) (5 hr 39 min)
Chapters
| Introduction | 5:27 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Ch 1, Lowell Sixty Years Ago | 35:42 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Ch 2. Child-Life in the Lowell Cotton Mills | 17:25 | Read by Ronell |
| Ch 3. The Little Mill-Girl's Alma Mater | 27:04 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Ch 4. The Characteristics of the Early Factory Girls | 42:33 | Read by Pam Flaherty |
| Ch 5. Characteristics (Continued) | 20:07 | Read by Zoe Martinez |
| Ch 6 The Lowell Offering and its Writers | 18:01 | Read by Adam Starks |
| Ch 7. The Lowell Offering (Continued) | 33:24 | Read by Ciufi Galeazzi |
| Ch 8.1. Brief Biographies of some of the Writers: Harriot F. Curtis, The Currie… | 27:06 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Ch 8.2 Brief Biographies: Margaret F. Foley, Lydia .S Hall, Harriot Jane Hanson… | 26:52 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Ch 8.3 Brief Biographies: Lucy Larcom | 33:50 | Read by Pam Flaherty |
| Ch 8.4 Brief Biographies: Sarah Shedd, Elizabeth Emerson Turner, Clementine Ave… | 30:53 | Read by Pam Flaherty |
| Ch 9. The Cotton Factory of To-day | 20:46 | Read by Michele Fry |
Reviews
In early example of progressivism
Bill Cosby
No longer were women forced to produce children for their evil cis gendered white male husbands. Instead they get to produce wealth for their cis gendered white male managers. They do this in the name of progressivism. A tremendous improvement. Liberal emancipated women need to stop producing kids and instead produce wealth for an elite class of plutocrats.