The Lowell System (jan 2, 1800 – jan 5, 1840)
Description:
Mostly young, unmarried women living in clean boarding houses and dorms, factory and textile workersWere well-fed and supervised, strict curfews and required church attendance
System ended because it was hard to keep high living/working conditions
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Date:
jan 2, 1800
jan 5, 1840
~ 40 years