To Work in the Mills? (Keene, 1845)

A farm family debates sending their youngest daughter to work in the mills…

Originally published in Monadnock History Comics (Keene Sentinel, 2005)

Discussion questions:

Why do Lucy and her mother think that working in the mills would be a good idea?
Why does her father oppose the job?
What clues tell us that life is hard on the small farm owned by Lucy’s family?
The mill shown in the last panel is the Faulkner-Colony Mill in Keene. What does this building look like now? What kind of business (or businesses) are there in the building?

Marek

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