FACTORY BELLS GOVERNED the day in early 19th-century Lowell, Mass. They summoned the mostly young women workers to the cotton mills at 4:30 a.m., signaled meal breaks, sent them home to company boardinghouses after their 12-to-14-hour shifts, and sounded curfew at 10 p.m.
Company Town No. 1
Aug 15, 2023
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