Larcom, Lucy
From Salem Links and Lore
Lucy Larcom wrote a poem, the Arbella for the Winthrop Field Meeting. It is found in the Essex Institute Collection, Vol. 17, p. 221-223
Leaving home at age 11, she went to work in the cotton mills in Lowell hoping to earn some extra money for her family. She made a huge impact during her 10 years there; she wrote many songs, poems, and letters describing the mill-girl life, and got them published, and her idealistic poems.
See Also
Lucy Larcom: life, letters and diary
Essex Institute Historical Collection Vol. 17, p. 221-223
