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The story of Mother Jones, by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack

Label
The story of Mother Jones, by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The story of Mother Jones
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
Series statement
Breakthrough biographies
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.3, 1, 76985
Summary
A biography of the labor leader who grew up in Ireland, emigrated to the United States, lost her family to yellow fever, and helped the mistreated working class, from coal miners to child mill workers, achieve better working conditions in the late 1800s and early 1900s
Table Of Contents
Children at work -- To America -- Losing everything -- Victory for the miners -- The children's march -- A dangerous woman
Target audience
pre adolescent
Classification
Content