The animated PBS special Mill Times, created by David Macaulay, takes viewers back to 18th century Lowell, Massachusetts, where textile mills and the "Lowell Girls" who worked in them are infamous.
David Macaulay: Mill Times
In the late 18th century, Lowell, Massachusetts was a bustling industrial hub, featuring textile mills that ran non-stop and employed young, uneducated women, known as the "Lowell Girls", who worked tirelessly for meager wages.
