On this day, 2 May 1843, “Mill girls” – overwhelmingly female textile workers – walked out on strike in Massachusetts for better conditions. This is a history of their struggles: https://libcom.org/history/struggle-mill-girls-class-consciousness-early-19th-century-new-england https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1416247888560357/?type=3