Failure of The System
Eventually, cheaper and less organized foreign labor replaced the mill girls. Even by the time of the founding of Lawrence in 1845, there were questions being raised about its viability. While in many cases, the boardinghouses outlived the System, families of immigrant workers typically lived in tenement neighborhoods, and off company property.
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