Mill girls, also called Lowell girls, have to wake up before sunrise in order to make it to the factory on time. At the factory they’d have to yell over the power looms just to be heard by other workers. The machines also made the air dirty, filling it with cotton filaments and dust, which caused breathing problems. If the windows were to be opened, the wind would blow the thread around, for that reason the windows remained closed. This caused the workplace to get hot and stuffy. The girls also had to tie up their hair to prevent it from getting caught in the power loom, which could cause a serious injury or even death. Later on in the Lowell’s industry years, the workers went on strikes with hopes to improve working conditions and get shorter
