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Woven in Lowell

2008.02.22
“Society is founded upon cloth.”

—Thomas Carlyle

"I defied the machinery to make me its slave. Its incessant discords could not drown the music of my thoughts if I would let them fly high enough."—Lucy Larcom, a mill worker

"During the first half of the nineteenth century, farm girls and young women from throughout New England were recruited to work in the textile factories in Lowell, Massachusetts. Although the women were tightly controlled both in the factories and at home in company-supervised boarding houses, many managed to join organized demonstrations against their working conditions."

" Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work."—Susan B. Anthony
15 Comments
ScubaLiz Very nice! Great colors in #2.
ScubaLiz · 2008-02-22: 19:28
sunshineand nice post here
sunshineand · 2008-02-22: 21:22
Lindyart totally great tribute .. awesome shots too :) vivid !
Lindyart · 2008-02-22: 22:13
maharba Excellent post
maharba · 2008-02-22: 22:25
mimax2 very interesting post.
mimax2 · 2008-02-22: 23:54
LotoFoto Neat shots.
LotoFoto · 2008-02-23: 00:07
mintra Interesting.
mintra · 2008-02-23: 00:55
jagungal Text and image sit together in very interesting fashion. (I think Gandhi had the right idea about cloth.)
jagungal · 2008-02-23: 03:54
Carley Beautiful! I really like the lighting in the first one
Carley · 2008-02-23: 05:01
oldbabe How thought provoking! And it's hard to believe that working conditions today in some parts of the world for women and children are probably even worse than those of the women of Lowell.

Lovely pictures too.
oldbabe · 2008-02-23: 05:34
urmysunshine wonderful tribute! I love the first photo- the texture, the. . I can't think of the word, grittiness? Wholeness? Very nice!
urmysunshine · 2008-02-23: 06:27
somogyvari Great texture!
somogyvari · 2008-02-23: 09:07
agandia Great shots and tribute to working class women
agandia · 2008-02-23: 20:37
josanhjx good sete!!!
josanhjx · 2008-02-23: 23:31
Aniruddha Great shots.. Love the prespective.
Aniruddha · 2008-02-24: 10:49
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