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In the early years of manufactures the working day sometimes extended to thirteen or fourteen hours. After the passage of the ten-hour law in England in 1847, the working classes in America also demanded a similar law. In 1853, the manufacturing companies in Lowell, Lawrence and Fall River, America voluntarily reduced the working day to eleven hours. In 1874, Massachusetts enacted a law prescribing a ten-hour day for all females and all males under eighteen years of age employed in textile factories. Similar laws were later passed elsewhere in the US.
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James Russell Lowell was an American poet and statesman. He was born in 1819 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died in 1891. He graduated from Harvard in 1838 and studied law, but soon took to literature. His Big-low Papers, published bewteen 1846 and 1848, helped powerfully the anti-slavery cause. In 1855 he became professor of modern languages and literature at Harvard and travelled in Europe to extend his knowledge. from 1857 to 1862 he was editor of the 'Atlantic Monthly' and from 1864 to 1872 with Professor Norton of the 'North American Review'. In 1877 he was appointed United States minister at the court of Madrid, and from 1880 to 1885 filled the same office in London.
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American artist. He was born in 1834 at Lowell and died in 1903.
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John Lowell was an American jurist and politician. He was born in 1743 and died in 1802. He secured the insertion of the clause 'all men are born free and equal' in the Massachusetts bill of rights. He was a member of the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783. He was a Judge of the US Court of Appeals from 1782 to 1789, and US District Judge from 1789.
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Lowell Gilmore was an American actor. He was born in 1907 and died in 1960.
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Lowell Sherman was an actor. He was born in 1885 and died in 1934.
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Mark Goddard (real name Charles Goddard) is an American actor. He was born in 1936 at Lowell, Massachusetts. He played the role of 'Major Don West' in the 1960's television series 'Lost in Space'.
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Michael Chiklis is an American actor and television producer and director. He was born in 1963 at Lowell, Massachusetts. He starred as 'Vic Mackey' in the 2002 television series 'The Shield'.
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Bette Davis (real name Ruth Elizabeth Davis) was an American actress and film producer. She was born in 1908 at Lowell, Massachusetts and died in 1989.
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Carey Lowell is an American actress. She was born in 1961 at New York. She played 'Jamie Ross' in the 1990's television series 'Law And Order'.
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