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Author:

Cordery, Simon, 1960-

Title:

Mother Jones : raising Cain and consciousness / Simon Cordery.

Publisher:

University of New Mexico Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

x, 213 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Jones,--Mother,--1837-1930.
Women labor leaders--United States--Biography.
Women social reformers--United States--Biography.
United Mine Workers of America--History.
Coal miners--History.--Organizing--United States--History.
Labor--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Mother Jones and the American labor movement -- An Irish inheritance -- Leaving homes -- The making of Mother Jones -- Sampling the labor scene -- Organizing coal country -- Calling on President Roosevelt -- Defending undesirables, promoting socialism -- The coal war resumed -- Massacre at Ludlow -- Streetcars and steel -- Mother Jones of America -- Conclusion : A life in motion.

Series:

Women's biography series

ISBN:

0826348106 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780826348104 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2009045999

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)