The Bobbin Girl

Book

Laurel Historical Society

Name/Title

The Bobbin Girl

Entry/Object ID

2023-FIM-0012

Description

Rebecca Putney is a bobbin girl who helps support her struggling family by working all day in a hot, noisy cotton mill. Working conditions at the mill are poor, and there is talk of lowering the workers' wages. Rebecca's friend Judith wants to protest the pay cut--but troublemakers at the mill are dismissed. Does Rebecca have the courage to join the protest? Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Children, Child labor, Child laborers, Textile industry strikes, Textile industry, Illustrations

Search Terms

Fiction, Children

Book Details

Author

Emily Arnold McCully

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Place Published

Location

New York, NY

Date Published

1996

ISBN

0-8037-1827-6

LCCN

95006997