In chapter 11 of Lyddie, what are some of the reasons that Lyddie should or shouldn't attend the mass meeting?

Even though Diana is going on vacation during the month of July, she still recommends to Lyddie that she attend the mass meeting of the ten-hour movement. Diana is a representative of the Female Labor Reform Association, which has been gathering signatures on a petition that would require the textile factories to reduce their workdays from thirteen to ten hours per day. The reasons for Lyddie to attend the meeting are to please her friend...

Even though Diana is going on vacation during the month of July, she still recommends to Lyddie that she attend the mass meeting of the ten-hour movement. Diana is a representative of the Female Labor Reform Association, which has been gathering signatures on a petition that would require the textile factories to reduce their workdays from thirteen to ten hours per day. The reasons for Lyddie to attend the meeting are to please her friend Diana, who has been so helpful to her; to hear famous people, like Sarah Bagley, speak on women's and worker's rights; to lend her support to the movement for better working conditions for the factory girls; and to have fun. Diana explains that the mass meeting will include a picnic and Independence Day festivities. She also assures Lyddie that no one will make her sign the petition. 

Lyddie tells Diana she will be too busy to go. That is partially true, but partially an excuse. Lyddie keeps herself very busy during the month of July teaching herself to read more fluently. She purchases her own copy of Oliver Twist and spends almost every free moment reading the book she loves so much. But Lyddie avoids the meeting because she is not in favor of reducing the work hours at the factory. She knows if that should happen, she wouldn't be able to make as much money as she could make working thirteen hours per day, and that would mean it would take longer to save enough money to reunite her family on their farm. Additionally, she doesn't want to be known as a sympathizer with the labor movement because she fears losing her job at Concord Corporation and being blacklisted as her roommates have warned her could happen.

So while there are many good reasons to attend the meeting, Lyddie decides not to go.