All posts tagged "textile mills"
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6.7K7Business and LaborBridgeport Women Workers and the Birth of the Eight Hour Day
On one summer day in 1915, thousands of women walked off the job in Bridgeport, Conn., demanding the eight hour day and...
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5.8K10ConnecticutMethodists vs. Millgirls in the Murder Trial of the Century (Pt. 1)
Everyone agrees on one thing about the Methodists and the mill girl: On December 21, 1832, Sarah Cornell was found dead. A...
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