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Woman from Spillertown: A Memoir of Agnes Burns Wieck
Contributor(s): Wieck, David Thoreau (Author)
ISBN: 0809316196     ISBN-13: 9780809316199
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
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Product Type: Hardcover
Published: December 1991
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Annotation: Kathryn Kish Sklar calls this work "a major contribution to our historical understanding of the role of women in organizing American miners in the twentieth century."


Agnes Burns Wieck was a crusading labor organizer, an activist known as "the Mother Jones of Illinois." This first book-length biography is a unique portrait of her energy and unremitting dedication to social justice.


Wieck organized miners' wives and led a movement of Illinois coalfield women. She used her talents as a journalist and a public speaker to campaign for a decent standard of living, for good schools and working conditions in communities free of corporate domination, and for union democracy, racial equality, and acceptance of women in political life.

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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Political
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Social Science | Women's Studies
Dewey: B
LCCN: 90024460
Lexile Measure: 1250
Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.76" W x 8.74" (1.31 lbs) 296 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Kathryn Kish Sklar calls this work a major contribution to our historical understanding of the role of women in organizing American miners in the twentieth century.

Agnes Burns Wieck was a crusading labor organizer, an activist known as the Mother Jones of Illinois. This first book-length biography is a unique portrait of her energy and unremitting dedication to social justice.

Wieck organized miners' wives and led a movement of Illinois coalfield women. She used her talents as a journalist and a public speaker to campaign for a decent standard of living, for good schools and working conditions in communities free of corporate domination, and for union democracy, racial equality, and acceptance of women in political life.