Mother Jones, The Miners' Angel

by Dale Fetherling

Overview

For half a century Mother Jones took up the workingman’s cause without question and fought his battles without compromise. Dale Fether­ling’s biography for the first time gives her full story, with elo­quence and sympathetic understanding.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780809386062
Publisher:	Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date:	03/19/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
Lexile:	1370L (what's this?)
File size:	839 KB

About the Author

Dale Fetherling is a working journalist, formerly with the Minneapolis Tribune and presently with the Los Angeles Times. He received his B.A. degree from West Virginia University and his M.S. degree from Northwestern University. A native of West Virginia, where Mother Jones remains an active legend, he became curi­ous, intrigued, and finally immersed in the life of this extraordinary woman.

Table of Contents

Cover Book Title Copyright Page Contents List of Illustrations Preface 1. I Was Born in Revolution 2. The Workers Asked Only for Bread 3. Medieval West Virginia 4. I Am Not Afraid of the Pen 5. We Ask You Mr. President 6. Whenever The Masters of the State 7. I Belong to a Class 8. The Most Dangerous Woman in America 9. We Don't Want Sunday Schools 10. I Want You to Come Out to Colorado Gallery of Illustrations 11. If I Pray I Will Have to Wait 12. I Am a Socialist 13. The Press Groveled 14. I Have Never Had a Vote 15. Never Peace in West Virginia 16. I Am Not Afraid of the Press 17. Some Day in the Golden Future References and Notes Notes Index Back Cover