THE LOWELL OFFERING; and magazine; [a repository of original articles written exclusively by females actively employed in the mills.]
[Lowell: Powers & Bagley, 1842]. First Edition. Volume 3, November, 1842. pp. [25]-48. Removed from bound volume, lacking the wraps, Scarce. One of the pieces is signed "H.F"- presumably Harriet Farley. Other pieces are signed just with a first name. Scarce. Item #59392
The first magazine in the world written and edited by female factory workers. Edited by A. C. Thomas (1840-42) and Harriet Farley (1842-45), a mill worker, The Offering contained a diverse range of poems, essays on scientific and moral subjects, translations and stories[Zophy & Kavenix, Handbook of American Women's History p. 339-340]. The Offering was an outgrowth of one of the factory's seven "Mutual Self-Improvement Clubs" that encouraged the mostly educated operatives to write.
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