As evidenced by the formation of the Lowell Female Reform Association in 1844, female workers in New England textile mills had changed their methods of resistance to deteriorating working conditions. What new method were they using?

Political strategy

Explanation:

The Lowell mill women situation in New England was worse, forced to work in bad condition with noise, confinement, and lint-filled air. Working hours were for 13 hours a day. As their factory owners and managers began to cut their wages, mill girls gathered together and went for strikes.

When strikes did not work, mill girls decided to go for the political action. They organized the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association for fixed working hours. They organized appeal campaigns asking the Massachusetts state legislature to lessen the work time in the mills.

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