“A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind”, by Athena V. Lord. (MacMillan Publishing Company). Binnie is a twelve year old girl living in a boarding house run by her mother in Lowell, Massachusetts. Binnie begins working in a textile mill and gets involved in the 1836 strike of women workers.
“Lyddie”, by Katherine Patterson (Puffin Books). A poor farm girl named Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in the Lowell, Massachusetts mills during the 1840’s.
“Mill Child”, by Ruth Holland (Crowell-Collier Press). This book traces the history of child labor in the United States from the early nineteenth century to present day.
