 Those of the mill-girls who had homes generally worked from eight to ten months in the year; the rest of the time was spent with parents or friends. A few taught school during the summer months. Their life in the factory was made pleasant to them. In...  Report - Page 94by Massachusetts. Department of Labor and Industries. Division of Statistics - 1906Full view - About this book
 | 1882 - 1096 pages
...reduction of the hours of labor.* Those of the mill-girls who had homes generally worked from eight to ten months in the year ; the rest of the time was spent...months. Their life in the factory was made pleasant to them. In those daj-s there was no need of advocating the doctrine of the • In 1847, or about that... | |
 | American social science assoc - 1882 - 200 pages
...reduction of the hours of labor.* Those of the mill-girls who had homes generally worked from eight to ten months in the year ; the rest of the time was spent...months. Their life in the factory was made pleasant to them. In those days there was no need of advocating the doctrine of the * In 1847, or about that... | |
 | Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson - 1889 - 98 pages
...reduction of the hours of labor. * Those of the mill-girls who had homes generally worked from eight to ten months in the year; the rest of the time was spent...months. Their life in the factory was made pleasant to them. In those days there was no need of advocating the doctrine of the proper relation between... | |
 | 1891 - 874 pages
...the lives of these children Those of the mill girls who had homes generally worked from eight to ten months in the year ; the rest of the time was spent...friends. A few taught school during the summer months Help was too valuable to be ill-treated Except in rare instances the rights of the mill girls were... | |
 | 1891 - 870 pages
...the lives of these children Those of the mill girls who had homes generally worked from eight to ten months in the year ; the rest of the time was spent...friends. A few taught school during the summer months Help was too valuable to be ill-treated Except in rare instances the rights of the mill girls were... | |
 | Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson - 1898 - 280 pages
...employers and employed. I ;|' Those of the mill-girls who had homes generally worked from eight to ten months in the year ; the rest of the time was spent...friends. A few taught school during the summer months. ' When we left the mill, or changed our place of work from one corporation to another, we were given... | |
 | United States. Immigration Commission (1907-1910) - 1911 - 484 pages
...and Prospective, pp. 7-15. "Those of the mill girls who had homes generally worked from eight to ten months in the year; the rest of the time was spent...friends. A few taught school during the summer months * * *. "The life in the boarding houses was very agreeable. These houses belonged to the corporation,... | |
 | United States. Immigration Commission (1907-1910) - 1911 - 924 pages
...better educated * * *. "Those of the mill girls who had homes generally worked from eight to ten montlis in the year; the rest of the time was spent with parents...friends. A few taught school during the summer months * * * "The life in the boarding houses was very agreeable. These houses belonged to the corporation,... | |
 | Albert Benedict Wolfe - 1916 - 828 pages
...far better educated. . . . Those of the mill girls who had homes generally worked from eight to ten months in the year; the rest of the time was spent...friends. A few taught school during the summer months. . . . The life in the boarding houses was very agreeable. These houses belonged to the corporation,... | |
 | Albert Benedict Wolfe - 1916 - 826 pages
...of, and they had plenty of time to sit and rest. . . . Their life in the factory was made pleasant to them. In those days there was no need of advocating...the proper relation between employer and employed. . . . 1 Robinson, Loom and .Spindle. The knowledge of the antecedents of these operatives was the safeguard... | |
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