They were going home from the cotton-mill. "Good-night ... Perhaps the weak, flaccid wretch had some stimulant in her pale life to keep her up,—some love or hope, it might be, or urgent need.

Though much has been written about Schoolfield and Southern mill towns, history offers us a confused picture of what life was really like for the families who lived there. Between ideal visions of ...

As the railroad expanded in the South, production of cotton, wheat, and tobacco increased ... Many young women went because they saw farm life as a dead-end while the mills seemed to hold more ...

The former Cheney Mill, a historic textile mill in Pendleton, South Carolina, is being redeveloped into Pendleton Mill Lofts, ...

Follow the journey of a mill girl from ... in Lowell’s Boott Cotton Mills. Students will meet two mill girls during their virtual visit to the boardinghouse and weave room, learning about each girl's ...

What was life like for children apprenticed in textile mills? Huge mills were built in the 18th and 19th centuries. To produce cotton and woollen cloth, the mills needed a vast workforce which ...

NEW ORLEANS, July 11.—The Clinton cotton mills, at Clinton, La., closed down to-day. The Directors will meet to-morrow to determine how long the suspension shall continue, Advertisement ...

A leader in regenerative agriculture, Imogene + Willie credited Martin’s unwavering commitment to sustainability with ...

Global denim mills and manufacturers are driving the jeanswear industry's shift toward regenerative cotton. Through initiatives that promote regenerative agriculture education and provide funding ...

What was life like for children apprenticed in textile mills? Huge mills were built in the 18th and 19th centuries. To produce cotton and woollen cloth, the mills needed a vast workforce which ...