Labor History Bookstore

Dictated by Mary Harris (Mother) Jones as she neared age 100. This is the tale of her dramatic life as the 19th and early 20th century icon of American Labor. She was on call whenever the struggle needed a vigorous and vocal champion. (302pp.)

The full story of the career of the woman who became the iconic figure of the American Labor Movement from her organizing days of the 19th century coalfields to her burial in the Union Miners' Cemetery, Mount Olive, IL in 1930. (263pp)

Published by the Wisconsin Labor History Society, this booklet tells the stories, in their own words, of ten union women who battled their way through all obstacles in a man's world. One subject is Eddie Wyatt, meatpacking worker, president of her local, Int'l V.P. of her union. (93pp)

An autobiography of the fiery speaker who was the subject of Joe Hill's song of the same name. She was deeply involved in the great textile strikes: Lawrence and Patterson. Some illustrations. (351 pp)

A collection of oral histories taken from eleven leading women unionists representing a variety of unions. Among them are Lillian Herstein (Teachers), Esther Peterson (ACW), Jesse De La Cruz (UFWA) and Alice Peruala (USWA). Alice Peruala presided over Local 65 of the Steelworkers at the huge U.S. Steel plant in Chicago. Lillian Herstein was a founder of the Chicago Teachers Union. Photographs. (317pp)

The surprising life story of the upper-class Baltimore girl who found her way to Chicago's Hull House where she studied conditions in the city's factories. Appointed by Governor Altgeld in 1893, she was the first Chief of Factory Inspection in the State of Illinois with a staff of twelve and a mandate to clean up the mess wherever she found it. (113pp)