Acknowledgments
List of figures
Introduction
How can they expect me as a mother to look over that? : Maria Gunnoe's fight for her children's health and safety
We became two determined women : Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller become the sylvester dustbusters
Let us live in our mountains : Joan Linville's fight for her homeland
You gotta go and do everything you can
fight for your kids : Donetta Blankenship speaks out against underground slurry injections
It's just a part of who I am : Maria Lambert and the movement for clean water in Prenter
I'm not an activist against coal, I'm an activist for the preservation of my state : Teri Blanton and the fight for justice in Kentucky
I'm not going to be run out, I'm not going to be run over, I'm not going out without a fight : Patty Sebok's battle against monster coal trucks
Our roots run so deep, you can't distinguish us from the earth we live on : Debbie Jarrell and the campaign to move Marsh Fork elementary school
It's not just what I choose to do, it's also, I think, what I have to do : Lorelei Scarboro's drive to save coal river mountain
Money cannot recreate what nature gives you : Donna Branham's struggle against mountaintop removal
I want my great-great-grandchildren to be able to live on this earth! : the legacy of the courageous Julia "Judy" bonds
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index.