by Kayla Melidones | Apr 25, 2026
It is important for society to recognize the women who worked in textile factories, especially the women in Lowell, Massachusetts, during the 1840s. A historical source from the 1840s, The Lowell Offering, which was a magazine written by mill girls themselves,...
by Zanaya Melchor | Dec 1, 2025
In this picture from October 1940, a couple of school-aged children gather potatoes on a large farm in Caribou, Maine. The caption, “Schools do not open until the potatoes are harvested,” comes from Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographer Jack...