Autobiography of Mother Jones
eBook - ePub

Autobiography of Mother Jones

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Autobiography of Mother Jones

About this book

Among the most stirring works of labor history ever written, this autobiography of Mother Jones (née 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.
An important addition to feminist literature, the Autobiography of Mother Jones is also "a great piece of working-class literature…probably the most readable book in the whole field of American labor history." — Clarence Darrow.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. Table of Contents
  5. CHAPTER I - EARLY YEARS
  6. CHAPTER II - THE HAYMARKET TRAGEDY
  7. CHAPTER III - A STRIKE IN VIRGINIA
  8. CHAPTER IV - WAYLAND’S APPEAL TO REASON
  9. CHAPTER V - VICTORY AT ARNOT
  10. CHAPTER VI - WAR IN WEST VIRGINIA
  11. CHAPTER VII - A HUMAN JUDGE
  12. CHAPTER VIII - ROOSEVELT SENT FOR JOHN MITCHELL
  13. CHAPTER IX - MURDER IN WEST VIRGINIA
  14. CHAPTER X - THE MARCH OF THE MILL CHILDREN
  15. CHAPTER XI - “THOSE MULES WON’T SCAB TODAY”
  16. CHAPTER XII - HOW THE WOMEN MOPPED UP COALDALE
  17. CHAPTER XIII - THE CRIPPLE CREEK STRIKE
  18. CHAPTER XIV - CHILD LABOR
  19. CHAPTER XV - MOYER, HAYWOOD AND PETTIBONE
  20. CHAPTER XVI - THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION
  21. CHAPTER XVII - HOW THE WOMEN SANG THEMSELVES OUT OF JAIL
  22. CHAPTER XVIII - VICTORY IN WEST VIRGINIA
  23. CHAPTER XIX - GUARDS AND GUNMEN
  24. CHAPTER XX - GOVERNOR HUNT
  25. CHAPTER XXI - IN ROCKEFELLER’S PRISONS
  26. CHAPTER XXII - “YOU DON’T NEED A VOTE TO RAISE HELL”
  27. CHAPTER XXIII - A WEST VIRGINIA PRISON CAMP
  28. CHAPTER XXIV - THE STEEL STRIKE OF 1919
  29. CHAPTER XXV - STRUGGLE AND LOSE: STRUGGLE AND WIN
  30. CHAPTER XXVI - MEDIEVAL WEST VIRGINIA
  31. CHAPTER XXVII - PROGRESS IN SPITE OF LEADERS