Comments on: Mill Girls: A Look at Working Conditions of Early Textile Mills http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/08/14/mill-girls-a-look-at-early-textile-mills/ Romancing The West Sat, 18 May 2013 15:17:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Linda Broday http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/08/14/mill-girls-a-look-at-early-textile-mills/#comment-65280 Linda Broday Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:03:39 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34164#comment-65280 Hi Tanya.......Hope you had a great time on your trip. The pictures of that mountain were simply breathtaking. Glad you enjoyed my blog. I think a job in a Fotomat booth would be pretty boring. A person doesn't have to have a health-ruining job for you to hate it. I'm sure at the first those women thought they'd landed in the land of milk and honey. Three dollars and fifty cents was a fortune to them. And their families probably didn't complain too much at the amount they were sending back home. Have a great evening! Looking forward to your blog tomorrow. Hi Tanya…….Hope you had a great time on your trip. The pictures of that mountain were simply breathtaking. Glad you enjoyed my blog. I think a job in a Fotomat booth would be pretty boring. A person doesn’t have to have a health-ruining job for you to hate it. I’m sure at the first those women thought they’d landed in the land of milk and honey. Three dollars and fifty cents was a fortune to them. And their families probably didn’t complain too much at the amount they were sending back home.

Have a great evening! Looking forward to your blog tomorrow.

]]> By: Linda Broday http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/08/14/mill-girls-a-look-at-early-textile-mills/#comment-65279 Linda Broday Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:58:55 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34164#comment-65279 Mary, I'm sure you and your sister had some interesting conversations. It was probably a toss up who had the ickiest job. Personally, I think it was you. A little mouse told me. LOL Mary, I’m sure you and your sister had some interesting conversations. It was probably a toss up who had the ickiest job. Personally, I think it was you. A little mouse told me. LOL

]]> By: Tanya Hanson http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/08/14/mill-girls-a-look-at-early-textile-mills/#comment-65275 Tanya Hanson Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:25:52 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34164#comment-65275 hi Linda, what wonderful information! I can't even imagine such conditions...the heat, the steam, no fresh air, breathing in cotton. Yikes. All in all, I'm just a giant spoiled baby. I think the worst job I ever had was for a few months, I sat in one of those little Fotomat booths. But it was close to home, the money wasn't bad, and I got to ride my bike to and from. Sounds lame today, though. Thanks for another good one, filly sister! xoxox hi Linda, what wonderful information! I can’t even imagine such conditions…the heat, the steam, no fresh air, breathing in cotton. Yikes. All in all, I’m just a giant spoiled baby.

I think the worst job I ever had was for a few months, I sat in one of those little Fotomat booths. But it was close to home, the money wasn’t bad, and I got to ride my bike to and from. Sounds lame today, though.

Thanks for another good one, filly sister! xoxox

]]> By: Mary Connealy http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/08/14/mill-girls-a-look-at-early-textile-mills/#comment-65273 Mary Connealy Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:06:27 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34164#comment-65273 That Summer....The Summer of Raining Mice...I came home everyday coated in grease and my sister was working in a different factory that built House Trailers. She'd come home coated in saw dust. We had an ongoing discussion about who was more miserable. That Summer….The Summer of Raining Mice…I came home everyday coated in grease and my sister was working in a different factory that built House Trailers. She’d come home coated in saw dust.
We had an ongoing discussion about who was more miserable.

]]> By: Linda Broday http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/08/14/mill-girls-a-look-at-early-textile-mills/#comment-65269 Linda Broday Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:41:55 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34164#comment-65269 Hi Patricia B...........Oh my! What an awful job. Some employers really take advantage of high school and college kids. Those were horrible working conditions. I wish you could've toured the Lowell Textile Mill. You could've told me a lot more about them. Even with the little I read about them my imagination took flight. All kinds of story ideas are popping in my head. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day! Hi Patricia B………..Oh my! What an awful job. Some employers really take advantage of high school and college kids. Those were horrible working conditions. I wish you could’ve toured the Lowell Textile Mill. You could’ve told me a lot more about them. Even with the little I read about them my imagination took flight. All kinds of story ideas are popping in my head.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

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