The Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate Alcott

This is a story of courageous young women, who worked in the cotton mills of Lowell, MA, in the mid-nineteenth century. They left their houses, each because of different circumstances, but they all had one common goal to be independent.

It is a story of friendship, loyalty, independence and dreams. A story about women, who had to keep quiet at some injustice in order to keep their jobs, but were not afraid to “stand up for what they believed was true.”

There are historical aspects of poor workers’ treatment and inhuman working conditions. The girls breathed the cotton fibers, which were in the air and were getting to their lungs.

The storyline is based on a true fact of a murder that did happen to a mill girl and the subsequent trial in 1833. 

It is well-written, with an aspect of romance, which went against the social classes. The strong friendship between the girls and the loyalty made this story very interesting, inspiring and thought provoking.

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