Sarah Bagley

Women and Labor Unions @ Lowell Mill Girls @

Sarah G. Bagley

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.

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.)

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.