Women -- United States -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Mary "Mother" Jones Letter
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1823
Overview
Letter from Mary "Mother" Jones to T.V. Powderly, Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. "Mother" Jones introduces Fred Mooney, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers, District 17, asks Powderly to get him a passport, and says she does not know when she will leave for Mexico.
Dates:
1920
Mother Jones Typescript Memoir
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2778
Overview
Typescript memoir of the life of Mother Jones, entitled "Mother Jones: the Life Story of the Irish Immigrant Girl Who Became the Most Unique Character in the American Labor Movement, Living Past 100 Years," written by Lillie May Burgess of Hyattsville, Maryland, and copyrighted 8 February 1938. The manuscript is in two parts, several pages of which are missing. The first part (241pp.) is entitled "The Life Story of Mother Jones: American Labor's Joan of Arc," and is a narration of events in...
Dates:
1938