Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers' Rights

by Judith Pinkerton Josephson

Book Overview

A biography of Mary Harris Jones, the union organizer who worked tirelessly for the rights of workers. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822549247
• ISBN13: 9780822549246
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Lerner Publications
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 11 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12

Customer Reviews

Inspiring

I read this book 2 chapters per night with my children, and they loved it! I did have to skip over the part that talks about the loss of her family because they would not have stuck with it after such horrible events. The stories about the children coal miners, factory workers and families affected during the labor struggles of the late 1800s and early 1900s are stories that children need to hear about to inspire them to continue this work. They were particularly moved by the chapter "The March of the Mill Children." It may not have been necessary to detail so many different campaigns when children were the target audience, but my kids were attentive and interested nonetheless.