Young women from all over New England started coming to Lowell in the late 1820s to work in the textile factories. Known as “mill girls,” these women operated machines in the mills, lived in company ...

Lowell, MA: Lowell Female Labor Reform Association ... A story about young Lyddie who leaves her Vermont home in 1843 to work in Lowell's textile mills. Lyddie's fictional adventures typify many of ...

A popular market inside an old Lowell mill is set to close at the end of the month because the owner is donating the building to a charter school. Mill No. 5, tucked into the upper floors of an ...