In the early 19th century, young women were drawn into factory work with the promise of opportunity - but at what cost? The ...

Lowell is perhaps best known for its mills. Colloquially known as the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, many history books make mention of the Lowell “mill girls” who helped ...

LOWELL — When shiny new factories were being built in the mid-20th century throughout the country and the historic Lowell mills were becoming the country’s industrial past, the city’s ...

BARBARA HOWARD: The “Me Too” movement is taking off, with women from many walks of life coming forward with their stories of sexual harassment in the workplace, but this is nothing new. It's been ...

Lowell. Skip to content Skip to site index ... LOWELL MILL STRIKE IS DECLARED OFF; All-Night Pleading of Business Men Affected 16,000 Operatives. Share full article. March 30, 1902.

A popular market inside an old Lowell mill is set to close at the end of the month because the owner is donating the building to a charter school. More for You.

Dickens visited Lowell in 1842, touring the mills and taking notes for a travelogue he planned to write on American institutions. The next year, he published “A Christmas Carol.” ...

LOWELL — Bud Caulfield, 80, and Elmer Martinez, 20, are both Lowellians. They went to the same high school, they live in the same neighborhood, and both have ideas of what Lowell should look ...

The cotton mill itself, as known in this country, was an original idea with Mr. Lowell. In Great Britain, the weaving, spinning, and so forth were done each as a separate business.

LOWELL — A dangerous, dilapidated and once-majestic riverfront mill whose redevelopment efforts have been blocked for nearly a decade finally appears poised for a new life. With some financing ...

A popular market inside an old Lowell mill is set to close at the end of the month because the owner is donating the building to a charter school.Mill No. 5, tucked into the upper floors of an old ...