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The Autobiography of Mother Jones

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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) (5 hr 39 min)

Chapters

The Early Years

8:38

Read by Scott Henkel

The Haymarket Tragedy

9:37

Read by Scott Henkel

A Strike in Virginia

5:05

Read by Elizabeth McAndrew

Wayland's Appeal to Reason

2:50

Read by Heather Lambert

Victory at Arnot, Pennsylvania

14:57

Read by Elizabeth McAndrew

War in West Virginia

11:51

Read by Carl Manchester

A Human Judge

9:34

Read by Caitlin Kelly

Roosevelt Sent for John Mitchell

9:49

Read by Caitlin Kelly

Murder in West Virginia

10:39

Read by Elizabeth McAndrew

March of the Mill Children

18:56

Read by Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom

Those Mules Won't Scab Today

7:28

Read by Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom

How the Women Mopped Up Coaldale

6:13

Read by Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom

The Cripple Creek Strike

35:42

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

Child Labor

31:28

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone

7:46

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

The Mexican Revolution

13:33

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

How the Women Sang Themselves Out of Jail

4:29

Read by Maddie

Victory in West Virginia

30:07

Read by Elizabeth McAndrew

Guards and Gunmen

5:22

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

Governor Hunt, Human and Just

8:46

Read by Kathy

In Rockefeller's Prisons

23:01

Read by Kathy

You Don't Need a Vote to Raise Hell

13:08

Read by Kathy

In a West Virginia Prison Camp

4:56

Read by Kathy

The Steel Strike of 1919

23:22

Read by Kathy

Struggle and Lose: Struggle and Win

6:35

Read by Kathy

Medieval West Virginia

4:55

Read by Kathy

Progress in Spite of Leaders

10:45

Read by Scott Henkel

Bewertungen

the patron saint of labor

(5 Sterne)

Words falter in expressing the importance of this woman's life and her influence on the culture of American labor, indeed labor itself.. Amazing life story, well read and poignant.

(5 Sterne)

Well read . A story that must be remembered .