May 18, 2009 at 5:00 am by Amy DuFault
All Hail the Millers
Both of my grandmothers worked in textile and sewing mills in Fall River when the city was in its heyday. My paternal grandmother, a Kerouac, came from Montreal to work, leaving behind all that she knew for a different life.
Sometimes I think about the power these jobs held for young women when I see beautiful pictures of her clad in stylish garb on French fire escapes, young and content. I think these mills called to women to come out of kitchens and washrooms to do something with more purpose. Many …
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