Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223).
Contents
pt. 1. Mill and boardinghouse: the new community: Letters from Susan -- Pleasures of factory life -- Plants and flowers in the mills -- Tales of factory life -- Editorial: Home in a boarding-house -- A week in the mill -- A second peep at factory life -- The affections illustrated in factory life: the sister -- A woman's voice to woman -- Leisure hours of the mill girls -- pt. 2. Continuing education: "a glimpse of something grand before us": Joan of Arc -- The western antiquities -- Chapter on the sciences: geology and mineralogy -- The funeral of Harrison -- pt. 3. Looking back: nature, family, and childhood: Home -- Factory girl's reverie -- A weaver's reverie -- Sketches of the past: a sufferer -- The sugar-making excursion -- The first dish of tea -- The patchwork quilt -- My grandmother's fireside -- pt. 4. Choice and conflict: the cost of independence: The spirit of discontent -- Evening before pay-day -- Susan Miller -- pt. 5. Caste and class: Mill job or marriage: Gold watches -- Factory girls -- Ann and myself -- pt. 6. Changes: reform, regret, and a vision of the future: Plan for mutual relief -- Editor's valedictory -- Editorial: the ten-hour movement -- Editorial: two suicides -- A new society.
