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Elizabeth DeWolfe “Great Turnout of 1841-Maine Textile Workers Strike”
Elizabeth DeWolfe “Great Turnout of 1841-Maine Textile Workers Strike”
Presented by Elizabeth DeWolfe. In 1841, nearly 500 female factory workers walked out of Saco’s York Manufacturing Company and paraded up Main Street, chanting and singing. They gathered in a local church, formed a committee, and sent the factory owner a document articulating their complaints about wages, housing, and paternalistic rules. In this illustrated talk, […]
