In spring 1842, Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester cotton mills - the noisy, suffocating mills. The work is backbreaking and dangerous - and when she sees her friends' lives wrecked by poverty, sickness and unrest, Eliza realizes she must fight to escape the fate of a mill girl.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
224 pages
Publication:
2002
Publisher:
Scholastic
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0439981182
ISBN13:
9780439981187
kindle Asin:
B00S54RXNU
Mill Girl: The Diary of Eliza Helsted, Manchester, 1842-1843
In spring 1842, Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester cotton mills - the noisy, suffocating mills. The work is backbreaking and dangerous - and when she sees her friends' lives wrecked by poverty, sickness and unrest, Eliza realizes she must fight to escape the fate of a mill girl.