These Women Rebelled Against Their Bosses - See This Incredible Story

[@harrynac6017]

My grandmother, born in 1912/1913, was born with a handicap. She was the only girl in the family that got a bit of education, because her parents thought she couldn't get married (but here I am).

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

Strange, married women and mothers should be educating the children.

[@harrynac6017]

@@RunninUpThatHillh They are doing that. That's why many children of immigrants are having language problems at school. Their mothers often hardly speak the new language. And I think a lot of problems with kids nowerdays is because of small families. People used to learn how to raise kids because they had younger siblings or the older siblings had kids. Now the first baby they hold is their own. But this has always been unpayed work by women and then it's called intuition or instinct or whatever.

[@brusselsprout5851]

that is so sweet : )

[@petal979]

@Black Knight Fool The only obvious thing is that you are a jerk.

[@bldlphn]

@Black Knight Fool - If your comment had been worded "just masculine women" it may have been taken more seriously, your response I mean. The thing that's obvious to me is they worked unheard of hours for next to no pay- for food and a room then sent the rest home. They probably worked around dangerous equipment , hot in the summer freezing in the winter and malnourished at that.They were probably meant to look and dress to a certain standard, menstruating and were as well going thru puberty and without their family. The pretty ones had another factor to deal with , MEN IN POWER wanting their advances and getting away with it because their fathers weren't overseeing them. Emmeline obviously didn't have the tools and or knowledge of how to stop these advances and or was actually forced in essence and raped. to beautiful for "the man to resist" , ya know a mans got needs . Fathers didn't expect other men to act this way. 13 and pregnant she probably hadn't a clue that what he was doing to her was going to make her with child . Then to be shunned and demeaned by the town and her family. She went to work for her family and wasn't protected let alone told the facts of life .. ya know man places penis in vagina creates a baby. anyhoo The women that started the circle wanted to express and talk of what they were experiencing on a day to day basis with like minded folk/slash other workers . Masculine lesbians NO . Intelligent smart girls whom suddenly were in situations of back breaking work in horrendous conditions that their families were making them endure...WANTED TO TALK to each other and vent and probably come up with some solutions to make things better.

[@krickette5569]

My grandmother was born in 1905 into a relatively wealthy family. Her father was a preacher who spoke 7 languages and believed that Everyone should be educated and be able to earn a living. So when she became old enough he sent her down the street to another wealthy neighbor to take a job in the kitchen. When she took the job she also began to write a diary and cookbook. I have both. The cookbook is filled with recipes that were given to her by the cooks she worked with and written down in the same way they were told to her. A dash of this or a dollop etc She also learned many family recipes from her mother and aunts and wrote those in the cookbook. In her diary she tracked her everyday life. Nothing was too mundane she wrote about her dental appointments (she had Braces!!), who she had lunch with, who came over after church, all kinds of stuff. These two books are some of my most cherished possessions. I have read them from front to back and have used the recipe book. I enjoyed your video, I always enjoy anything historical. Thank you.

[@1970brenz]

Have you considered publishing them online? Or as an e-book?? It would be of interest to someone for sure, as so many things seem mundane at the time but are a part of history or culture that isn't often recorded.

[@carrieboone8741]

Me too! I’m a true history buff…. especially American 🇺🇸 History! But I love history from everywhere, American History just give me insight into who I am! I’m so proud of ALL the men and women who built our country! I LOVE these stories! I wish I could see your Grandmother’s Diary and Recipes! I will be lost in la la land reading that! What an incredible honor!

[@JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life]

That's fascinating!

[@Southernbellvintage]

❤

[@ritadighent]

Thank you for this, Mr. Hoffman.My grandmother was a paper mill girl from the age of 10. Poor little thing. I left home when I was 15 and ended up working in a textile factory. A few years ago I was with my elderly Aunt and found out she worked at the same factory as a teen. That factory--all women--was not nurturing, however. It was slave labour. I remember going to the washroom, just to be able to sit down. And then when I returned to my machine, I had to make up the time because our pay was piece work. I dug myself out of that situation and after a few years went back to high school. Then University. Then graduate school. Thank you for this positive story about the power of Sisterhood.

[@dukeofdink9963]

Thanks for sharing, what time period was this in and which country/region?

[@ritadighent]

@@dukeofdink9963 my Grandmother was in Italy. I'm not sure but guessing 1905. I could do some research and nail it down better.

[@KangaRubes]

When Women wake, mountains move! African proverb.

[@edwardkumarkenway1875]

That's why all the mountains are melting

[@oldschool3484]

KangaRubes Only when you have feminized week men . This was the universalist church combined with the radicalization of young girls indoctrinated into what we now call Feminists ! Goodbye family values..! Absolutely despicable!

[@jinafromwv6391]

@@oldschool3484 I agree! Instead of woman that would otherwise want to stay home and raise their children, have to drop them off at daycare centers where they don't get the care and attention that their mothers would offer, if they could afford to live on the one income that was(rather should be) a living-wage!>such as was the case when I grew-up in the 70s.

[@xtinamarie_333]

@@oldschool3484 Ahahaha 'week men' 😂✌️ yeah bud!

[@gilliansernich9267]

old school 😂😂Learn to spell old man.

[@Reminisciences]

For those who haven't noticed, these girls were honored on a Lowell quarter pressed by the US Mint this year. I'm sure they'd feel more than a few ways about it, but great to see some of Massachusetts' industrial and social pioneers get a nod nationally. Thanks for sharing David, what a find

[@kathyneese5355]

My great grandmother worked in the Lowell mills. When she was just 11 years old

[@999gremlins]

I live a short distance from the mills. I had no idea about their history and the amazing women who worked there. The discussions they had in their circle were revolutionary. I have watched a few of your videos over the weekend....excellent stuff. This video however is my favorite. We live in a world where people take pictures of their lunch and post it on the web because it's "interesting". As people pass, journals crumble and memories fade we are losing so much of our valuable history. Thank you for keeping the history of the Mill Girls alive. .

[@nathanadams6648]

I like this channel. Been lurking for a few weeks. Real heartfelt content.

[@asabovesobelow7981]

well said..

[@sonyagraske376]

Just this evening Jan. 6 2020, ran across this channel. 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟. LOVE THIS CHANNEL. LIKE ALOT!

[@EpicKate]

There's not enough really heartfelt content out there. I'm so glad I found it too!

[@brigittebeaudry4791]

What a remarkable find. Such inspiring women!!

[@Jess-lf2fe]

As a MA resident, I remember taking field trips to the Lowell mills in elementary/middle school. So amazing to see these places up close and personal and learn about these courageous women. You are refreshing my memory right now, and it makes me want to take a trip back to Lowell. Thank you!!

[@janeyhazelwood9894]

I definitely would love to see this made into a movie. Thank you for sharing this important part of our history.

[@TheStuport]

What's truly amazing to me is that the very book your Mom bought for you Mr. Hoffman is indeed a One Of A Kind....which to me is way better than "an original" since there are no other's around like it. To hold that 1841 book and read from it is historic alone! Your preamble about how this ties into your video about Miss Nettie telling the story of Emmeline is spot on.....whereas it seems Emmeline was a negative result of The Mill Girls...yet many of the Mill Girls who attended those meetings in Miss Ella's Room went on to be successful in life. This was so much fun to see and hear! Thank you Mr. Hoffman....Cheers From Ohio

[@golfsucks555]

You have to publish that book david, It's a treasure!

[@womanofthewoods690]

Marvelous find by your mother! So interesting and enlightening.

[@ShlisaShell]

I love it when curiosity leads to an adventure in learning so many cool and new things. Awesome that your mother found that diary and passed it on to you to look at.

[@maryelizabeth2788]

Thanks for sharing David!!!! Thanks for being you!!!

[@paintitblack6728]

Wow! That is an absolute treasure you have in your possession, and Yes a film about these women should be made. Your mother would have wanted you to make this film She handed you the beginnings of a script.

[@patigrove9937]

I must agree!

[@jennymisteqq695]

You sound like a writer yourself!

[@MichelleOsorio]

What a wonderful gift your mother gave you. Thanks for sharing the Mills Girls story!

[@paulthomasshepherd5156]

Bringing back some of these stories is important, it could help revive lost cultures and promote them today. Example of lost cultures: I'm 85. When I was a kid it was normal manner for any young boy or man to take their hat off when entering someones house. It showed respect including that the home was a home and not just the outside woods. Today no hats come off and any concept about it is completely unknown.

[@christinehutchins123]

There are plenty of people that know this..these manners that few follow anymore..simple politeness, manners...some are recent immigrants who know nothing of it...many not being taught this way. Much has changed , not all of it has been good.

[@tomorrowhowever7488]

In US military clubs/restaurants around the world there is a plaque above the entryway that reads: "Ye who enter covered here shall buy the bar a round of cheer". If one enters wearing a hat, the bartender rings a brass bell and the hat wearer must either pay up or leave. For about the last 50 years, this rule has applied to women as well. Many years ago, I forgot to remove my hat and cost my husband and myself some money. Fortunately, there were not many people at the bar!

[@realcanadiangirl64]

I taught all of my sons to remove their hats. My youngest is only 21

[@christinehutchins123]

@@milfordcivic6755 , I've lived amongst the brown people, as the minority in my neighborhood. The fact is where I previously lived has always seen a lot of recent immigrants. Like my great grandfather , who came here with nothing. Greenhorns they called them. When you come to a new country you bring some of your culture with you and take on new traditions also. Of course if you are a recent immigrant, you may not have the same etiquette, or even speak the same language to respond to someone. Just the sane if I were in a new country. People do get there point across with a nod or smile. So you can call that racist if you feel the need. I know its popular to bash people as racist these days whether its accurate or not.

[@paulthomasshepherd5156]

@@milfordcivic6755 So is anything proper or respectful today.

[@pyrebird555]

i think what initially provoked these existential inflections by this particular girl, and many others at the time, was the fact that they weren't getting all of their pay and essentially felt like chattel; they were loaned to factories for their labour (by their fathers) left them feeling alienated by society.

[@nate_d376]

It is amazing that what those women sat and talked about, and shared in that circle so many years ago, has now been shared with so many other people, and how it has effected your life David.... I doubt any of them thought that could even be possible. I'd love to see a documentary on this.

[@cathjj840]

The questions they were posing are exactly like those people today pose in Philosophy Cafés and then discuss. These are groups of ordinary people who like to think about things a little more deeply than most and appreciate an opportunity to express their thoughts among other like-minded people. They happen in public places, like coffee houses (the first one started in Paris at Café du Phare).

[@sarahcole2753]

Please digitize that book.

[@sandralindsey6270]

Amazing! I absolutely love this! As a Massachusetts woman, I am so proud to see this! 💙 Thank you. Shared.

[@anniepulsifer4278]

I live in those mills now. Lived in this city my whole life. I can tell you, there are some souls still hanging around in these mills.

[@SueProv]

Awesome. David your bad days are still full of creativity and positivity compared to many, including me. I really enjoy how varied the topics are. Thanks as always

[@guyjulius8078]

Thank you Mr. Hoffman for continuing to share your amazing explorations into the human soul and spirit.

[@ClueFinderDirtDigger]

As a student worker in my college’s English department a few years back, I picked up a discarded copy of Benita Eisler’s compilation of excerpts from The Lowell Offering. Much like you, the ingenuity and forward-mindedness of these women fascinated me. At the start of 2020, I embarked on my journey of learning historical sewing methods, and the mill women were on my mind all along the way. Then, in the fall, I had the privilege of touring the mill museum in Lowell, MA. Whew. It was a truly transporting experience, standing in the very spot the mill women stood, the floor beneath me shuddering under the force of the dozens of deafeningly loud mechanized looms. Thank you for sharing your research thus far with us; hope to see your film on it someday! 🤗

[@vincentmedina8637]

Mr Hoffman is a really GIFTED Movie Maker. I think the world of him. ALL of his talks are very SPECIAL so very informative. His way of sharing his talking voice and his mannerisms attract viewer LIKE A MAGNET! FROM: VINCE USMC VIETNAM VETERAN IN COUNTRY 1968 ~ 1969 OoH - Rah!!!!

[@oldschool3484]

VINCENT MEDINA he is proud of the beginning of the radical feminists.

[@L0j1k]

@@oldschool3484 Breh there are books thousands of years old with more radical feminists than any you've heard about from the last hundred years.

[@peggywells9398]

Vincent...thank you for your service...50 years too late...🇺🇸

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

The very first feminists, the only ones we required. The rest are just communist larpers.

[@coreenaburke5775]

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[@williamcookmiller6997]

This is so cool. "The Circle" is an amazing title for a possible book or documentary about this context. By the way, Emerson has a wonderful essay called "Circles." A tidbit: "Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk."

[@athenathepooppooppoop8593]

Wonderful 💯

[@victoriafinnin1215]

So true!

[@beckitibaldi9654]

God Bless You! Your gentle style and positive inquisitiveness is such a blessing. Please keep doing what you're doing.

[@dats3]

That's so fascinating. What a treasure you have. I've lived long enough to have regrets and one of my regrets is not holding on to my grandparents' written legacies. I had the privilege to read their dairies, but declined to accept them once they passed away. My paternal grandmother was older than flight and that always fascinated me. She was born before man could fly. She taught school and in fact, I attended the same elementary school where she taught. My maternal grandfather fought in WWII, worked for ORNL during the space race, was part of the Apollo program. I regret not hanging on to their written legacies. I regret not asking them more questions. I regret not writing down their stories. Again, I'm old enough to have regrets and I have more than just these, but if I could do it again and sit down with my grandmother and grandfather before they died I would record everything they said. When they died I would have coveted ever written word they etched on paper.

[@victoriafinnin1215]

It's very difficult when people die. There is so much to think of. Try not to beat yourself up about the lost writings etc. Their best gift was that you could tell us about what they did. Maybe consider recording their names here. At least we would know then. Sending love from 🇬🇧.

[@DC-bp8sx]

Did anyone keep them or were they thrown away?

[@cathjj840]

Writing is not easy for everyone. And these days, many people cannot even read cursive writing any more. Another way to keep a trace is to record your relatives as they talk about about their earlier lives and tell tales from even earlier generations. in fact, there is a whole genre of oral history where writers tape their subjects and then do the writing (and eventual research).

[@angeldiavolo5066]

I love old stories especially when it involves Massachusetts where I live.. glad I found your channel

[@denesaclawson1862]

Mr. Hoffman if you get to see this I’m just an older lady and 57 living in Bayside Texas and I just want to say I loved everything you had to say about this woman that told stories about the past and women that were in their past very beautiful to hear are usually don’t stop and listen to things like this but I did and I listen to everything you had to say even the circle and the diary very very enlightening how sad and hard it was for women back in that time and then womenThey have no respect for their selves or women around them you are really truly a wonderful man to bring this delight

[@simonesmit6708]

I was i n Chicago once and went to a old bookstore with a friend who was looking for a rare text. Got to talking to the owner and he gave me a small booklet that listed and had many pics of paintings that had been recovered by US troops in Germany after WWII. The booklet listed them so there was a record of what was being returned to the Netherlands. Since both of my parents had lived through the Nazi occupation, it had meaning for me. I still have it.

[@pinkrose5796]

Simone Smit I'm so glad that your parents made it through the Nazi occupation! The fact that there are countless valuable pieces of art sitting somewhere waiting to be accounted for is rather depressing, as the owners and their families were murdered during the Holocaust. I would keep the book also as I'm interested in history. My father, grandfather and uncles all fought in WWII. I'd recommend keeping it in a fire proof container? Just an idea, you could also donate it to the Holocaust Museum if you have no family members interested in it.

[@gilliansernich9267]

Simone Smit Would it be a good idea to see if it was still needed? Perhaps by a Jewish or major art organization? I recently watched an old movie called 'The Memorial Men' (I think that was the title), directed by George Clooney. Unfortunately, the movie was very bad in characterization, pacing, and narrative flow (Unlike the very good movie, 'The Woman in Gold', which dealt with similar subject matter, but from a completely different angle). Your little book could spark a drama/movie project, a personal journey or a seminar. Perhaps its story is not yet complete.

[@chrisclark5204]

@@gilliansernich9267 The movie you're referring to is called The Monuments Men. The author of the book ( don't recall his name) has a show on American Hero's Channel called Hunting Nazi Treasure. You might find it interesting.

[@JustMrsHugo]

Mr Hoffman, I cannot express how much my husband and I both enjoy you storytelling, such as the history of the Mill Girls. Keep ‘em coming!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

I will try Donna and Hubby. Thank you. David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@ceciliadeneira2044]

You are a gifted storyteller and I love viewing your channel. Hello from Belgium!

[@harrynac6017]

Hi, neighbour. Indeed he is. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@jomama5186]

You're awesome. Thanks for what you do! Fascinating stuff.

[@sarty23]

Wow! What an interesting book! A time capsule of the thoughts of those woman!

[@EpicKate]

Oh I love this so much. It makes me excited to find treasures. I miss small bookstores in America. Upstate New York has the best ones. I loved to get sci-fi paperback books from the 60s. This was a delight to watch.

[@sacredmedicinesisterhood6257]

Please make this happen! I run a women's circle, and it would be a beautiful thing to learn about my predecessors!

[@desperante]

I have been fascinated by the Lowell mills all my life. We regularly drove by them on Interstate 495 on our way to visit family in Maine. Enormous rectangular brick buildings, hugging the river one after another. Long abandoned, imposing and stark. My parents would tell us about the mills, and how poor women and children worked there in terrible conditions. I could not take my eyes off of them, wishing that we weren’t going so fast so I see through the cracked and missing windows. The best views were when the late afternoon shined through west windows, illuminating the factory floor. You must to make a film about these incredible women. I love ephemera, especially personal diaries. What a cool mom to have gifted you with this priceless treasure. Maybe you could publish it first? I and many other would love to read it, and the sales and publicity help with fundraising. Keep up the great work. Love your channel!

[@cyndik9921]

What a priceless purchase and gift from your mom! Incredible account written by a group of women so very long ago!! I'd love to read this in it's entirety. The magnitude of their discussion and questions!! Forerunners of women's movements? Mind boggling!! Thank you for sharing this!

[@kassrripples3659]

Thank you so much for sharing . We have such limited knowledge of how our great grand mothers lived and survived. I found this story so intriguing and informative. Please bring us more.

[@sharondurkee9770]

I was born in Lowell and have always had a fascination with the mill girls and the Industrial Revolution. So many wonderful stories told and I'll bet many more yet to be heard! There are a couple of fantastic museums in Lowell dedicated to the mill girls and this period in history. Just in case you need a place to start research for your documentary!💚🙏

[@andreavaldez8104]

Wow, what a great piece of history. This story needs to be told. Thanks for sharing.

[@saraheumlauf1117]

I read a book about the Lowell mill girls when I was around 14 years old. It was so interesting. I really felt transported in time. I love history!

[@afterthestorm221]

What a treasure your mom gifted you! The best gifts are often found behind ugly covers. Sounds like a young woman coming of age during the industrial revolution and trying to acclimate her moral compass I can only imagine the energy of change a buzz amongst the circle. I agree this would make an excellent reference point for a historical movie. Thank you for taking the time to unravel this mystery!

[@aking1914]

David, This is fascinating! Please share more of what you know about this!

[@schmetterling7066]

We are studying the Lowell girls presently and I appreciate your video on the women.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Happy to speak with your class using Zoom about what I learned about this subject. If interested contact my office at [e-mail].

[@ShortbusMooner]

Keeping history alive! Thank you!

[@brendarobertson7206]

I live in Lowell and worked in the Wanelancett mills building that is featured in your video. I worked there in 1982, fed twine onto spools in danger of loosing fingers. The Spanish people I worked with called the place the Dust because of the phlegm they coughed up after a few years there. We weren't supposed to use the air hoses to blow off the thread residue because that's what they thought was what caused the problem but you couldn't go out like that. My 3 weeks of standing for 12 hrs. ended when I couldn't put my shoes on and had to lay down for the whole weekend to recover. It was paid 11 dollars an hr. though!

[@eugene1197]

Your channel is awesome!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thankyou Eugene

[@drewmunny]

I think many of us would love to read this diary in its entirety! If you are willing and able, please upload it!

[@michelerenauld1278]

Hi🙋🏽‍♀️ I'm a new subscriber. They had many many Mills in my neck of Massachusetts. Now are knocked down. Some remaining are fancy apartments and about 2-3still serve as Mills. Loving your channel. Rich with history and knowledge ♥️👍🏽

[@MagentaApex]

Michele Renauld this is the case in Connecticut as well. Manchester, Rockville etc were mill towns. Manchester is still called "silk city". The mill apartments in Manchester are affordable but with a somewhat poor reputation for quality (thin walls, weed etc). Tall ceilings and amenities though

[@meanmomma4500]

Wow, what a treasure! I hope he thanked his Mom for finding that! That's truly a piece of history and some of those women turned out to be real trailblazers. I hope this is turned into a book, then hey, why not a film?

[@EldenSmith]

Great share David. History. And some of it untold until someone digs it up. A big like 👍. Elden.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

“until someone digs it up.” That is so much fun. You probably know something about that as well. I love digging up stories particularly past history. The history of so many who view my KZbin videos. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@carolynkingsley4421]

An interesting piece of history. My own grandmother was a suffragette. I always enjoyed her stories.

[@idrearamacirmtamta1293]

Suffragist

[@carolynkingsley4421]

@@idrearamacirmtamta1293 Thanks for this. I won the spelling B in the 8th grade. Now you wouldn't know it. I have a hard time spelling 'cat'. I think spell check has messed me up.

[@idrearamacirmtamta1293]

@@carolynkingsley4421 seems we're both right. Suffragettes in Britain. Suffragists in the USA... I think.

[@EddieWinebauer]

I work in a used bookstore in a town north of Seattle Wa. We see amazing things from the frontier period and i love the story every book can tell with the small personalizations a person may have added over the years.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Lucky man. Keep those diaries! David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@LilyGazou]

What town? I’d love to go book shopping there.

[@shilohndrah]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful story that gave me tears of gratitude for the mill culture, the young women who left the farms. I feel their love for each other, as they moved to small towns and remote places. I'm so grateful to these pioneers of education who changed what is possible women. Thank you, David, for this touching experience.

[@redxpro1]

Good job David. Love your videos!

[@mikewilson3581]

So many of them chose to avoid marriage eh? They REALLY were intelligent women!

[@colleen6341]

Probably so fed up with working for the man that they didn’t want to marry one

[@patigrove9937]

Lol !!! ❤❤❤

[@mikewilson3581]

@@Americansikkunt I'm not a consumer of soy, but from my personal observations most women can do quite well without a male's influences. Either oppressive or casual. Just imagine being married to someone in the shadow of Norman Mailer, Mike Love, or Lee Harvey Oswald. Or the guy who finally gets married and his wife having a future of the husband's encroaching comfort zone : Expanding waist line and living room furniture tainted with food stains and beer farts.

[@mikewilson3581]

@@Americansikkunt After your assessment, I can see why some women choose to try lesbianism.

[@steve8450]

@@mikewilson3581 you sound like a self-hating male, i.e. feminist... domineering mother?

[@luciehanson6250]

Thanks!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Sweet you are .... and so supportive of me and my efforts. David

[@georgeshaw8925]

Ancestors of the women’s suffrage movement of the 1920’s, another great video David. From an old Navy Photojournalist.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

George. A Navy photojournalist. What a great opportunity. Did you also take film/video? David Hoffman filmmaker

[@georgeshaw8925]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker I served on the USS LaSalle in the Gaeta, Italy. I was part of a public affairs office for the sixth fleet. My medium was digital imaging and print. I served in the mid to late 90s. I traveled all around Europe and Africa. I know what it takes to shoot video and edit it, your videos are very well put together. I love all the history that you have captured.

[@phlaschman2]

I live in Lowell Ma and we have a museum on the Mill Girls. Read the book called Emily true and bizarre story of a Mill Girl.

[@JoniWagner]

Can you please provide the author?

[@jasondaniel918]

@@JoniWagner I am also a bit frustrated that no author's name is provided. I did a brief Google search and found a book called "The Bobbin Girl" by Emily Arnold McCully. I also found a writer named Emily Levine, who called herself an expert on Lowell mills. But, this Emily was a humorist. If you can find anything more, please post your results.

[@lindabreault9118]

gt seven 5 I’m very interested in your comment. Did you live in Lowell.

[@petal979]

Did you mean Emmeline?

[@petal979]

@@jasondaniel918 I think the person meant Emmeline, not Emily - Anyway I'm sure the book you are after is called Emmeline (Judith Rossner novel) I hope this helps.

[@susanvaughan4210]

I'm so grateful this diary ended up in your hands David. I wonder if another factor in the progressiveness of these young women, was the fact that most of their parents or grandparents had already rejected the assumptions of the British empire.

[@patigrove9937]

Not only are you telling a story about these wonderful women , you are teaching how to find things to write about! Bravo!!! You rock sir!!

[@patigrove9937]

Thank you for the ❤. I enjoyed this so much!

[@patriciafarrell8620]

In England today, children are being taught that English grammar, punctuation, spelling etc are NOT important and yet this book is beautifully written and crafted in a perfect for me in 1841 !!! And of course the content is beyond belief. Why are we going backwards .... ? Children are clever and can learn just like these girls, I don't understand why we are dumbing down our education system.

[@kathylee1906]

Mr Hoffman thank you so much for these beautiful historical stories. You essentially were able to become a Spectator/Storyteller in Women’s change in America. Bravo‼️

[@clairei299]

Hi David, As a young women wrapping up my undergrad degree in political science, your work on this channel and this video in particular puts a big smile on my face. Many feminists feel as though story telling of female leadership and trailblazing should be reserved for female directors/writers which can often discourage men from taking up such projects. I however get very giddy when men take interest in feminist history, especially men from your generation. Thank you!

[@Jenbrone]

Thank you Mr. Hoffman for helping to to educate about the oppression of women! I challenge you to come to New Orleans to meet with me and meet all sorts of oppressed women! We have today stories that have gone on for many generations here. I can’t and will not judge someone for their hardships nor will I be oppressed or oppress. I do as well have mentors and I try to mentor as a woman to other young women.

[@jeannemariebizeaujohnson8717]

My grandmother kept a diary. It had her relative's her linage. (My grandfather's family from france & her family from Germany & Ireland.) She was born in 1891 she came from the east coast to the west coast in a covered wagon. Her first son was a preemie she kept in a wooden drawer under the wood stove to keep him from dying. She was an amazing woman of her time. In our family the relatives were interesting. We knew the background because they all had stories to tell. Isn't it suppose to be that way handed down from generation to generation? My grandmother worked in her fathers store. She would help the customers by standing on a wooden box becuz she was so short 4'll"or less. My grandfather was 6' +. We had Sunday dinner with them every Sunday and the parents played canasta. When we would go up to our cabin by Mount Hood we would have big dinners and they would play Canasta well into the night.. They all told us stories.. Fond memories with my grandmother was sitting on her couch (1980's) snuggled up to her while she would talk about her past.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

wouldn't it have been wonderful if you could have recorded those moments on video. Future generations would have been participated in the cultures of the past. That's what I'm trying to do with my own family and recommending that others to as well. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@JoniWagner]

It sounds like you have the makings of a wonderful novel right here!

[@guynellerandle9742]

Jeanne Marie Bizeau , such a beautiful story! Thank you for sharing!❤️

[@lynnrogers5205]

David Hoffman. My dad did that around 35 years ago. He recorded his mom and walked down the street in Mount Airy to record Aunt Nannie. You hear my dad huffing and puffing as he is walking there. Such a treasure for the family.

[@theloreleis6621]

I used to love sharing all of that with my parents and grandparents. We would sit around a big table in the dining room and play Canasta and talk and laugh for hours! We shared stories and I got to hear about what life was like when they were young and it made us so much closer. All of my family from then are gone now, and today everyone is "too busy." I wonder now if anyone will wonder about my life and realize that it's too late once I'm gone. So sad.

[@victoriafinnin1215]

Mr Hoffman, this was fascinating!! What a wonderful mother you had. She had a real eye for what her son would love!!xx

[@cherylcallahan5402]

TYVM 💚🌻💚 David Hoffman appreciate your bringing. these mill girl's to light. Love history & enjoy your commentary on these important happenings in our past.

[@JoniWagner]

It would make, at the very least, a well-received audiobook. How unfortunate it hasn't been printed!

[@carriesee7209]

You sir, are an inspiration. Thank you

[@johnmal5975]

What a wonderful story. I would love to read it or better yet watch David's new movie The Mill Girls.

[@jennybertenshaw7694]

I love your stories David .Interesting to hear that Dickens visited the mills. Conditions were dire in the UK for the most part, as that's where the industrial Revolution started.labour was plentiful and cheap amongst the poor. However there were also some christian and particularly Quaker mill owners who were so appalled at the conditions that they built actual 'model towns ' for their workers . Models of how they felt people should live and work in fresh air and beauty. Famous amongst them is Lord Leverhulmes ' Port Sunlight'.. near Liverpool.. a beautiful Italianate style village with every amenity in it. The village of Saltaire built by Mill owner Joseph Salt. and of course the famous Quaker family of Cadbury ( chocolate ) fame who built Bourneville... So not ALL desperate places

[@Sawrattan]

I recommend UK drama 'The Mill' (2013-14) which looks at the Cheshire Mills in the 1830s and the hardship the workers faced. In the UK in particular we often make a mistake of thinking the Victorians were a harsh age, when in fact they were trying to move away from the callous brutality of the Georgians before them.

[@patriciarankin818]

it is so wonderful to have someone acknowledge. these hardworking and innovative women of the past. My own grandmother born in 1910 lost her husband in 1931 I believe. He was electrocuted on a power line for the county and that put my grandmother raising a 3 yr. old and a 11/2 yr. old during The Depression as a single mother. She did it! And living in Washington, D.C. She did a phenomenal job raising my dad and uncle. She was 93 when she passed.My own daughters and myself have learned so much from her and the memories are invaluable.

[@y1521t21b5]

0:30 That's some excellent penmanship!

[@67NewEngland]

That book is a treasure. Having physical items from a time that only remains in story and in mind is spectacular. I have seen what remains of those Lowell dorms and mills when my son was going to college in Lowell. One of the leading independent woman of that time was Thoreau and Emerson's friend Margaret Fuller who lived in Concord,Ma for sometime. I wonder if she spoke up in Lowell to these woman. Thanks for another great video.

[@fleckybory4263]

Excellent! I once found a beautifully written diary by a young daughter of a plantation owner with letters tucked inside to another girl on a neighboring plantation. The handwriting looks similar to your treasure! Love this!! Do the movie!!!

[@SA-ho2nw]

I'm so thankful that book landed in your hands. You have a wonderful gift of storytelling. Thank you for treasuring it and sharing its contents with us.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

And I thank you for your comment. David Hopman-filmmaker

[@greta8819]

I love hearing these stories!! Too many people are forgetting and/or ignoring the past, and that is one of our greatest mistakes! ❤

[@eileenbass952]

Thank you Mr Hoffman for brining these real life stories to me an English woman.

[@erikrobinson89]

These stories would be lost to the everchanging sand dunes of time. Thanks for documenting, preserving and presenting them as you have.

[@anitaelghandor7295]

So proud of them😁😁😁☘️

[@smc130]

What a marvelous discovery!! Now I’m inspired to reach out to younger women and tell them these stories and my stories from the mid 20th century.

[@ark194]

As a Masshole, I approve...although having grown up in the midwest (Chicago), I am totally polite 98% of the time. Fascinating. This reminds me of Emily DIckenson. Thanks for sharing this!

[@heatherwood2449]

I inherited 27 of my grandmother's journals starting in 1955 (she was born in 1920) when her first husband died, leaving her with 9 of 11 eventual children to raise.

[@stevegold2672]

Thank you David for sharing your wonderful works

[@2pikbone]

Watching your docs during the pandemic. Your content is amazing! Keep it up!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you! Will do!

[@marykuchinski4978]

i am really glad i came across this link , i love how you tell the stories of the people of the time , it is so very refreshing

[@tomparankewich1281]

Thanks so much David ,

[@debbiefakes1822]

I came across this channel while searching for the words to a song for children. I really like the stories and the story tellers! Thank you for recording and sharing. Debbie

[@bearheart2009]

Wonderful! thanks for this Mr Hoffman.

[@stan_dinghere]

love this !! thanks for sharing it

[@SmollCritter]

Thank you so much for sharing this amazing story! 💕

[@timmyles314]

Thanks for sharing your stories David. Powerful an heart wrenching.

[@Sandra-ww6oz]

What an inspiring and enlightening story Mr Hoffman thank you! 💗☮️🐨🇦🇺

[@jimmysblacksmithing462]

Good day Mr. Hoffman. Thank you so much for this sad but moving story. I have two grown daughters and a young granddaughter five years old currently. I’ve been tending and or raising granddaughter 3 to 5 days a week the last four years of her life. Which is most of it at this point. Can’t even imagine how someone could mistreat anyone, especially women and children. Their innocence and sweetness, Is true godliness. I could cry, and am holding back as I’m speaking into this Siri microphone. Great work! Thank you for sharing this and enlightening us all to these situations. Stay well have a beautiful day. Jim

[@e.mcguire1538]

You are doing important work here. What an exceptional find. Thank you so much.

[@bethgibson4384]

Awesome! ❤relate to this! Thank you for sharing!

[@debvw9740]

Please make a film!!!! This is an amazing story and still so relevant. Thank you for this and the spirit of women's "circles" is still alive and well here in Carlisle, MA.