You will be split into small groups to read and analyze articles set on the Lowell Mills. Your groups task is to briefly explain your article and respond to the following discussion questions. Assign a group leader to present and discuss your answers to these two essential questions below.
1. How did the Industrial Revolution and the labor movement in the early 1800s expand the meaning of freedom to include economic freedom for workers?
2. How did women articulate their own movement economic and political freedom?