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The Autobiography of Mother Jones

by Mary Harris Jones (1830 or 1837-1930)

Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) was a legendary labor organizer. She was a founding member of the International Workers of the World (the IWW, or the Wobblies), and was active in the United Mine Workers and the Socialist Party of America. (Summary by Denny)

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• 01 The Early Years - 00:08:38
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• 02 The Haymarket Tragedy - 00:09:37
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• 03 A Strike in Virginia - 00:05:05
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• 04 Wayland’s Appeal to Reason - 00:02:50
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• 05 Victory at Arnot, Pennsylvania - 00:14:57
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• 06 War in West Virginia - 00:11:51
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• 07 A Human Judge - 00:09:34
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• 08 Roosevelt Sent for John Mitchell - 00:09:49
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• 09 Murder in West Virginia - 00:10:39
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• 10 The March of the Mill Children - 00:18:56
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• 11 Those Mules Won’t Scab Today - 00:07:28
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• 12 How the Women Mopped Up Coaldale - 00:06:13
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• 13 The Cripple Creek Strike - 00:35:42
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• 14 Child Labor - 00:31:28
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• 15 Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone - 00:07:46
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• 16 The Mexican Revolution - 00:13:33
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• 17 How the Women Sang Themselves Out of Jail - 00:04:29
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• 18 Victory in West Virginia - 00:30:07
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• 19 Guards and Gunmen - 00:05:22
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• 20 Governor Hunt, Human and Just - 00:08:46
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• 21 In Rockefeller’s Prisons - 00:23:01
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• 22 You Don’t Need a Vote to Raise Hell - 00:13:08
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• 23 In a West Virginia Prison Camp - 00:04:56
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• 24 The Steel Strike of 1919 - 00:23:22
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• 25 Struggle and Lose: Struggle and Win - 00:06:35
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• 26 Medieval West Virginia - 00:04:55
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• 27 Progress in Spite of Leaders - 00:10:45
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Cataloged on March 07, 2007