What is true about the Lowell mill girls?A) They constituted the minority of workers in the early New England textile mills.B) They usually spent their whole adult lives as wage-earning factory workers.C) They enjoyed less personal supervision after leaving their homes to work in the factory.D) Many valued the opportunity to earn money independently.E) They were mostly unmarried daughters of New England immigrant families.

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What is true about the Lowell mill girls?A)  They constituted the minority of workers in the early New England textile mills.B)  They usually spent their whole adult lives as wage-earning factory workers.C)  They enjoyed less personal supervision after leaving their homes to work in the factory.D)  Many valued the opportunity to earn money independently.E)  They were mostly unmarried daughters of New England immigrant families.

Anthony Legendre · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Many of the mill girls in Lowell valued the opportunity to earn their own money, which gave them a sense of independence and financial autonomy not commonly available to women at the time.

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