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Gonzales, Lois. "Female Millworkers and the Mechanization of Textile Production: The Boston Manufacturing Company of Waltham, Massachusetts, 1813 to 1822," Department of American Studies, University of New Mexico, May 1995.
The Lowell mills’ manufacturing technology and labor system arose at the Boston Manufacturing Company between 1815 and 1822. Surviving payroll ledgers show that the company developed equipment by testing machines in the mills, and that female millworkers participated in the project. In 1822 management discontinued rewarding women with high wages for acquiring mechanical expertise. Although the millwomen staged a two-day walkout, resistance ended because the heads of families in residence did not join the protest. Had the original labor practices continued, later millwomen would have had the opportunity to use technical expertise to advance their wages, autonomy, and status.
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