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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL The Lowell Mill Girls: Organized Labor and the First Strik
 es in America
LOCATION:Bernards Township Library\, 32 South Maple Avenue Basking Ridge\,
  NJ 07920
DESCRIPTION:<p>VIRTUAL</p>\n<p>They were fed up and wouldn't take the fact
 ory working conditions anymore so the Lowell Mill workers went on strike i
 n 1834. &nbsp\;The textile industry was the first to become mechanized and
  working condition were harsh. &nbsp\;Young women recruited off the farms 
 worked 70 hours and six days a week. &nbsp\;When wages were cut the worker
 s walked out. &nbsp\;Join us as we learn about the Luddites -- the machine
 -breakers who rejected the regimentation of the factory system and the wor
 king conditions of the early industrial era. Registration required to rece
 ive Zoom link.&nbsp\; Presenter: Rick Feingold teaches American Business H
 istory at Bergen Community College and holds a degree in History from Rutg
 ers University.</p>
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