Chapter 1: Militant beginnings. The birth of a miners' union in the era of industrial strife, 1902-1929 -- Introduction -- The founding of the Transvaal Miners' Association -- The Afrikanerisation of the union -- The miners' strike of 1907 -- The miners' strike of 1913 -- The general strike of...

For half a century Mother Jones took up the workingman's cause without question and fought his battles without compromise. Dale Fether­ling's biography for the first time gives her full story, with elo­quence and sympathetic understanding