File:14 hour clock monument at Lucy Larcom Park; left side; Lowell, MA; 2011-09-03.JPG

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The left side of a 14 hour clock monument at Lucy Larcom Park, made by Ellen Rothenberg in 1996. The work memorializes the "10 hour movement" of the early 1800's, spearheaded by female workers in Lowell.

An inscription that circles along the clock's perimeter reads:

PETITION TO THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE

"THE UNDERSIGNED PEACEABLE, INDUSTRIOUS AND HARDWORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF LOWELL, IN VIEW OF OUR CONDITION, THE EVILS ALREADY COME UPON US, BY TOILING FROM 13 TO 14 HOURS PER DAY, CONFINED IN UNHEALTHY APARTMENTS, EXPOSED TO THE POISONOUS CONTAGION OF AIR, VEGETABLE, ANIMAL AND MINERAL PROPERTIES, DEBARRED FROM PROPER PHYSICAL EXERCISE, MENTAL DISCIPLINE AND MASTICATION CRUELLY LIMITED, AND THEREBY HASTENING US ON THROUGH PAIN, DISEASE AND PRIVATION, DOWN TO A PREMATURE GRAVE, PRAY THE LEGISLATURE TO INSTITUTE A 10 HOUR WORKING DAY IN ALL OF THE FACTORIES OF THE STATE.

SIGNED J.O. ADAMS THAYER SARAH G. BAGLEY JAMES CARLE AND 2,000 OTHERS MOSTLY WOMEN

VOICE OF INDUSTRY

JANUARY 15, 1845
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Camera location42° 38′ 50.34″ N, 71° 18′ 38.98″ W  Heading=0° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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