Fannie never flinched : one woman's courage in the struggle for American labor union rights / Mary Cronk Farrell.
2016
HD6509.S45 F37 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Fannie never flinched : one woman's courage in the struggle for American labor union rights / Mary Cronk Farrell.
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ISBN
9781419718847 (hardcover)
1419718843 (hardcover)
1419718843 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
44 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Call Number
HD6509.S45 F37 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
331.88092 B
Summary
Fannie Sellins (1872-1919) lived during the Gilded Age of American Industrialization, when the Carnegies and Morgans wore jewels while their laborers wore rags. Fannie dreamed that America could achieve its ideals of equality and justice for all, and she sacrificed her life to help that dream come true. Fannie became a union activist, helping to create St. Louis, Missouri, Local 67 of the United Garment Workers of America. She traveled the nation and eventually gave her life, calling for fair wages and decent working and living conditions for workers in both the garment and mining industries. Her accomplishments live on today. This book includes an index, glossary, a timeline of unions in the United States, and endnotes.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-41) and index.
Audience
Ages 10-14.
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Table of Contents
A storm center for bullets
Fannie stitches together a dream
Fannie finds her voice
Angel of mercy
Labor war
Fannie's dream lives on.
Fannie stitches together a dream
Fannie finds her voice
Angel of mercy
Labor war
Fannie's dream lives on.