Analysis Of Harriet L. Noble's Letter To Lowell Factory

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In the 1830’s, a worker complains against wealthy merchants who own the company, Lowell Factory. Lowell Factory processed the weaving of the cotton and the finish good of the cloth. The complains from this letter was an unknown woman. She questioned the sincerity of the factory owners because no one else desire to confront them. The woman was furious of working for substantial hours. In the 1830’s, a worker complains against wealthy merchants who own the company, Lowell Factory. Lowell Factory processed the weaving of the cotton and the finish good of the cloth. The complains from this letter was an unknown woman. She questioned the sincerity of the factory owners because no one else desire to confront them. The woman was furious of working for substantial hours. According to the women, “Shall tyranny and cruel oppression be allowed? …The millions of our country who are the real producers of all its improvements and wealth” (VOF, pg. 166). At this point, the woman was exhausted for working for long hours under the harsh …show more content…
171) changed the expectations of women’s roles. Harriet L. Noble was among the pioneers who immigrate to the west with her family. Noble wrote about the difficulties of traveling through wilderness with only two oxen, a wagon, and few equipment for camping. Harriet L. Noble discussed about the weather conditions and the rough roads of having to surpass it. Pioneer women experience cooking skills for their families without using a stove and proper equipment. When traveling, mothers had to attend to their children by either carrying their infants or walking with them for long distances. Women were persistently protective over their families on every step of the way. Families would encounter Indians a long the way. Women were awake in the night and were constantly in a look out for beasts. Women sometimes did men labor and “provided the necessities of life” (VOF, pg. 173) to improve there

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