$19.50
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978-0-8093-2973-1
280 pages, 5 x 8, 9 illustrations
03/19/2010
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.
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.
[Dale Fetherling’s] “tribute to the indomitable old Irish biddy, who never weighed more than 100 pounds, is thoroughly documented, eloquent and moving.”—Jack Conroy, ChicagoSun-Times
“This book tells all that can be found out about the old woman whom hundreds of thousands of miners called mother and a district attorney called ‘the most dangerous woman in America.’”—Fred Thompson, Industrial Worker
“Dale Fetherling… has written a scholarly portrait which is also a labor of love,… In this first attempt ever to ‘distill her legacy,’ he concludes that ‘she may have been the most spectacular woman the country has produced, and she was certainly the most loved and dramatic female in the nation’s labor movement.’”—History
“A human portrait in historical perspective emerges from these pages, as fine a story as anyone who lived an active life for a century could claim, and it is highly recommended to all readers of biography, labor history, and Illinois history.”—John H. Keister, Pennsylvania History.