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This 4 page paper provides insight into the factories of the industrial revolution by looking at the experiences of one fictional character. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Better Life B. Failure to Deliver on the Promise III. Conclusion A. Attraction in Spite of Danger and Poor Conditions B. Economic Strategy 1. strong preying
on the weak Factories epitomize the American Industrial Revolution. By 1810 over 60 cotton mills alone were in operation
in the country (Hunter, Sergejeff, and Tvaryanas, 2009). Inside those factories, of course, were the common workers, the men and women who supplied the raw labor necessary to run
the machinery and perform the other jobs that made the factories profitable. The purpose of this paper is to tell the story of one of those workers. This
is Lillies story. Lillie was typical of many impoverished whites of the day. She was just looking to better her life. The factories, she thought, offered her
that chance. In reality the factory wasnt interested in bettering Lillies life it was interested in capitalizing on her labor. That was the economic strategy of the day.
In the cotton mills of the time it seemed that women, in particular, were the primary representative of the factory worker.
Women of all ages were attracted to the mills from a primarily domestic background in which they had always emphasized family over occupation. Lured by the glamour of
being an independent "factory girl" these young women left their families and took up a trade. Lillie entered the factories when she was only sixteen.
While one reason Lillie turned to the factory was to give her a different life than her mother and grandmother had had, to free her from
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