Were you as excited as we were to hear the Lowell, Massachusetts, shout out on SNL this weekend? In honor of this shout out, here are 3 quick facts about the Lowell Mill Girls, provided by UML staff at the Tsongas Industrial History Center. 1. The young women (most between the ages of 15-35) from New England farms came to work in the textile mills and lived in company-owned boardinghouses. 2. “Mill girls” tended spinning frames and power looms, making thread and weaving cloth. 3. “Mill girls” ea