Lowell girls
...that the first labor investigations by a United States government body were prompted by petitions from the Lowell girls, textile workers in Lowell, Massachusetts, during the mid-nineteenth century?
...that the first labor investigations by a United States government body were prompted by <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Petitions" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Petitions">petitions</a> from the <b id="mwpA"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Lowell_girls" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lowell girls">Lowell girls</a></b>, <a href="./Textile" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Textile">textile</a> workers in <a class="mw-disambig" href="./Lowell" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lowell">Lowell</a>, <a href="./Massachusetts" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, during the mid-nineteenth century?