Autobiography of Mother Jones

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Title Page; Copyright Page; INTRODUCTION; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I -- EARLY YEARS; CHAPTER II -- THE HAYMARKET TRAGEDY; CHAPTER III -- A STRIKE IN VIRGINIA; CHAPTER IV -- WAYLAND'S APPEAL TO REASON; CHAPTER V -- VICTORY AT ARNOT; CHAPTER VI -- WAR IN WEST VIRGINIA; CHAPTER VII -- A HUMAN JUDGE; CHAPTER VIII -- ROOSEVELT SENT FOR JOHN MITCHELL; CHAPTER IX -- MURDER IN WEST VIRGINIA; CHAPTER X -- THE MARCH OF THE MILL CHILDREN; CHAPTER XI -- "THOSE MULES WON'T SCAB TODAY"; CHAPTER XII -- HOW THE WOMEN MOPPED UP COALDALE; CHAPTER XIII -- THE CRIPPLE CREEK STRIKE; CHAPTER XIV -- CHILD LABOR.;Among the most stirring pieces of labor history ever written, this autobiography of Mother Jones (Mary Harris) chronicles the life of a woman who was considered a saint by many, and by others as "the most dangerous woman in America." Widowed at the age of 30 when her husband and four young children died during an epidemic, Jones threw herself into the social and labor upheavals of the mid-19th century, speaking tirelessly and effectively for the rights of workers and unionists.