The Autobiography of Mother Jones
Mary Harris 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)
Chapitres
The Early Years | 8:38 | Lu par Scott Henkel |
The Haymarket Tragedy | 9:37 | Lu par Scott Henkel |
A Strike in Virginia | 5:05 | Lu par Elizabeth McAndrew |
Wayland's Appeal to Reason | 2:50 | Lu par Heather Lambert |
Victory at Arnot, Pennsylvania | 14:57 | Lu par Elizabeth McAndrew |
War in West Virginia | 11:51 | Lu par Carl Manchester |
A Human Judge | 9:34 | Lu par Caitlin Kelly |
Roosevelt Sent for John Mitchell | 9:49 | Lu par Caitlin Kelly |
Murder in West Virginia | 10:39 | Lu par Elizabeth McAndrew |
March of the Mill Children | 18:56 | Lu par Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom |
Those Mules Won't Scab Today | 7:28 | Lu par Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom |
How the Women Mopped Up Coaldale | 6:13 | Lu par Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom |
The Cripple Creek Strike | 35:42 | Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
Child Labor | 31:28 | Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone | 7:46 | Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
The Mexican Revolution | 13:33 | Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
How the Women Sang Themselves Out of Jail | 4:29 | Lu par Maddie |
Victory in West Virginia | 30:07 | Lu par Elizabeth McAndrew |
Guards and Gunmen | 5:22 | Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
Governor Hunt, Human and Just | 8:46 | Lu par Kathy |
In Rockefeller's Prisons | 23:01 | Lu par Kathy |
You Don't Need a Vote to Raise Hell | 13:08 | Lu par Kathy |
In a West Virginia Prison Camp | 4:56 | Lu par Kathy |
The Steel Strike of 1919 | 23:22 | Lu par Kathy |
Struggle and Lose: Struggle and Win | 6:35 | Lu par Kathy |
Medieval West Virginia | 4:55 | Lu par Kathy |
Progress in Spite of Leaders | 10:45 | Lu par Scott Henkel |
Critiques
the patron saint of labor





Matt Betts
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.





Vicki
Well read . A story that must be remembered .