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Bobbin Girl

Publisher’s Summary: Rebecca Putney is a bobbin girl who helps support her struggling family by working all day in a hot, noisy cotton mill. Working conditions at the mill are poor, and there is talk of lowering the workers' wages. Rebecca's friend Judith wants to protest the pay cut--but troublemakers at the mill are dismissed. Does Rebecca have the courage to join the protest?

Possible Topics: Labor, Industrial Revolution, Technology

The Bobbin Girl

Suggested Primary Sources

Women in Factory
Women in Factory
Telegram from Mother in Support of Child Labor
Telegram from Mother in Support of Child Labor
Young Women Working in Factory
Young Women Working in Factory, 1911
Two Factory Workers
Two Men Working in a Factory
Young Boy at Work
Young Boy at Work
Time Card for Female Factory Worker
Time Card for Female Factory Worker

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