Farley, Harriet

Farley, Harriet( 1817–1907),
factory worker of Lowell, Mass., who edited the Lowell Offering (1842–45), which became the New England Offering (1847–50), a periodical of the writings of the women mill hands. Mind Amongst the Spindles (1844) collects some of these. Her own articles and tales were published as Shells from the Strand of the Sea of Genius (1847) and Happy Nights at Hazel Nook (1852).