In the early and mid nineteenth century, a number of girls and young women in the United States left their homes and families to work in textile mills, including the famous textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts. How were these individuals, often referred to as "mill girls," depicted in American press and the popular imagination? This online exhibit, courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society, lets visitors explore American newspaper articles, published between 1834 and 1870, that were authored by and about mill girls. These newspapers include both mainstream periodicals as well as the Lowell Offering, a newspaper authored by textile workers themselves between 1840-1844 (notably, the paper was one of the first in the country to be authored primarily by women). The exhibit is organized into three sections, Culture, Working Conditions, and Activism and Reform, with each section divided into more specific subtopics. As an educational resource, this exhibit offers excellent primary source materials for history instructors to incorporate into the classroom.