Autobiography of Mother Jones.
Series: American labor (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Arno
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930; Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930; United Mine Workers of America -- History; Women labor union members -- United States -- Biography; Working class women -- United States -- Biography; Labor leaders -- United States -- Biography
Description: "Among the most stirring works of labor history ever written, this autobiography of Mother Jones (ňe Mary Harris) chronicles the life of a woman who was considered a saint by many, and by others, "the most dangerous woman in America." A forceful and picturesque figure in the American labor movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Mother Jones was a born crusader. Widowed at the age of 30 when her husband and four young children died during a yellow fever epidemic, Mother Jones spoke out tirelessly and effectively for the rights of workers and unionists. She played a significant role in organizing mining strikes in West Virginia and Colorado, as well as the Pittsburgh steel strike of 1919. She was instrumental in the formation of the United Mine Workers union (UMW) in 1890 and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in 1905."--From publisher.
Notes: Reprint of the 1925 ed.