Orestes Brownson Questions The Lowell System 1840 Analysis

Between all three readings within the article, the one that is the most believable is “Orestes Brownson Questions the Lowell System 1840”. Although the other two readings are very infOrmative and sound just as legitimate, this text gives off a very strong feeling of guilt and makes you feel bad for the women that work within the mills. Brownson, the writer of this reading, shows many facts about why Lowell System is bad for the women who work in the factories and how it benefits no one besides the boss of the entire factory instead. Brownson’s three main reasons why women, who work within the mills, are treated unfairly are, they do not work as long as they want in the mills, their bosses are gaining the most money by doing the least amount …show more content…
The women, who are being paid just enough to give their families food to eat, are being treated as if their presence at the mill means nothing, while the bosses who, according to Brownson, are “The man who employs them and for whom they are toiling as so many slaves is one of our city nabobs, reveling in luxury . . . or in these times is shedding crocodile tears over the deplorable conditions of the poor laborer while he docks 25%.” These so called “nabobs”, important persons, are allowing their own workers to only work for three years and be paid only enough to provide their family dinner each night they worked at the mills. How is this fair to the woman? This just shows how unfair women were treated if they worked in the mills, and how Boston’s questioning makes the most sense between the other two readings as well for the other readings state the life of a worker and why the Lowell System is fair towards the women who worked in the factories. however, these two readings do not make sense since Brownson also states how the morals of the women were destroyed by the system as …show more content…
Brownson states great examples on why the women were treated unfairly which is why it is the most realistic as well because although he is stating why they are treated unfairly, he is also not doing anything to prevent the system from doing what they were doing to the women at the same time. That is because women were not treated equally to men during the 1840’s to. The mills were a rightful place for men, and women were not able to handle the rough conditions of the mills most men thought during the time. That is why it was unfair for women to work in the mills and that is why Brownson’s argument is the most