Follow the journey of a mill girl from her family farm in the New England countryside to her new job operating a loom in Lowell’s Boott Cotton Mills. Students will meet two mill girls during their ...

As the Depression deepened, the textile mills took advantage of cheap labour, and adult workers were replaced by girls as young as 15, who would do the job for about half of what the men earned.

Kate laughed off the moment and headed into the textile mill, which was first established in 1738. Her great-grandfather Noel Middleton was a director of the mill.

A Song of Korean Factory Girls tells the story of 30,000 Korean women, mostly teenagers, who faced discrimination while working in textile mills in Japan during the colonial era.

The Mill Girl statue represents the thousands of women who worked in textiles during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century.

Kate Middleton, 41, proved she more than has the textile industry in her blood as she visited a leading Yorkshire mill that bought out her own family manufacturing firm 65 years ago.

Her paternal ancestors have a special connection to the mill Ainhoa Barcelona Content Managing Editor Updated: September 26, 2023Sep 26, 2023, 6:06 PM GMT+1 Share this: ...