The Mill Girl’s Petition

One signature could cost her everything.

In October 1844, seventeen-year-old Hannah Whitcomb leaves her family's mortgaged New Hampshire farm for the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. She works fourteen-hour days beside a hundred roaring looms, lives in a crowded boarding house and quickly learns what happens to girls who ask too many questions. When a friend starts passing around a petition for a ten-hour working day, Hannah must decide what she is willing to risk. A moving historical novella inspired by the real women of the Lowell mills.

• Historical fiction novella, about 33 pages (6×9 PDF)
• Includes an author's note on the real history and questions for reading groups
• Instant digital download