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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.
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  2. 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.

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.

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