Autobiography of Mother Jones

by Mary Harris Jones

27 chapters5h 39mEnglish1925

About this book

Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) was a legendary labor organizer. She was a founding member of the International Workers of the World (the IWW, or the Wobblies), and was active in the United Mine Workers and the Socialist Party of America. (Summary by Denny)

Chapters (27)

1The Early Years

518

2The Haymarket Tragedy

577

3A Strike in Virginia

305

4Wayland's Appeal to Reason

170

5Victory at Arnot, Pennsylvania

897

6War in West Virginia

711

7A Human Judge

574

8Roosevelt Sent for John Mitchell

589

9Murder in West Virginia

639

10March of the Mill Children

1136

11Those Mules Won't Scab Today

448

12How the Women Mopped Up Coaldale

373

13The Cripple Creek Strike

2142

14Child Labor

1888

15Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone

466

16The Mexican Revolution

813

17How the Women Sang Themselves Out of Jail

269

18Victory in West Virginia

1807

19Guards and Gunmen

322

20Governor Hunt, Human and Just

526

21In Rockefeller's Prisons

1381

22You Don't Need a Vote to Raise Hell

788

23In a West Virginia Prison Camp

296

24The Steel Strike of 1919

1402

25Struggle and Lose: Struggle and Win

395

26Medieval West Virginia

295

27Progress in Spite of Leaders

645

Autobiography of Mother Jones

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Chapters (27)

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