The Lowell Offering was a magazine written by the young women
who worked in the Lowell textile mills. It was published from
1840 to 1845. The magazine was supported by the city’s textile
companies, and it promoted morality and hard work among the
young female workers. This song appeared in the Lowell Offering.
Source | "Song of the Spinners" Lowell Offering, 1841, Merrimack
Valley Textile Museum, from Uses of Liberty Rhetoric Among
Lowell Mill Girls, http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/american
studies/lavender/lowell.html. Creator | Unknown Item Type |
Music/Song Cite This document | Unknown, “"Song of the Spinners"
(with text supports),” HERB: Resources for Teachers, accessed
June 19, 2013, http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1786.