as a significant short story by writers such as Emily Dickinson, Louisa May Alcott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne among many others. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward was also inspired to write the short story "The Tenth of January", which dealt with a mill that collapsed in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1868, after reading the story. Tillie Olsen's work on Life in the Iron Mills in her book Silences also brought new attention to the work; it is now also recognized as the starting point for the use of realism in literature representing the labor force. References External links Life in the Iron Mills in The Atlantic, Volume 7, Issue 42 (April 1861). Page 430 Life in the Iron Mills from The Feminist Press 1861 short stories American short stories Works originally published in The Atlantic (magazine)