Sarah Bagley
Sarah Bagley worked in the Lowell Mills, organized the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association, and later left the mills to work as the first female telegraph operator.
Sarah G. Bagley
Biography from the Encyclopedia Britannica..
Biography from the Encyclopedia Britannica..
Analyzing Nineteenth Century Letters
Three letters from Sarah Bagley to women's rights advocate Angelique Martin, with some study questions and an interpretation by historian Teresa Murphy.
Three letters from Sarah Bagley to women's rights advocate Angelique Martin, with some study questions and an interpretation by historian Teresa Murphy.
Massachusetts Investigation into Labor Conditions
One section of this resource includes testimony by Sarah Bagley, February 13, 1845, to the Massachusetts House Special Committee. She addresses the conditions in the Lowell Mills for working women. (Her name is given as Bagely here.)
One section of this resource includes testimony by Sarah Bagley, February 13, 1845, to the Massachusetts House Special Committee. She addresses the conditions in the Lowell Mills for working women. (Her name is given as Bagely here.)
Sarah Bagley
This radio show transcript gives some background on Sarah Bagley as speaker and writer about labor issues at the Lowell Mills, and her move to working with the telegraph line, opening the field to women as well as men.
This radio show transcript gives some background on Sarah Bagley as speaker and writer about labor issues at the Lowell Mills, and her move to working with the telegraph line, opening the field to women as well as men.