Reviewed by Rethinking Schools
Review Source: Rethinking Schools
Book Author: Mary Cronk Farrell
This beautiful book about early 20th-century labor organizer Fannie Sellins begins with her murder by sheriff’s deputies, in broad daylight, at the age of 47. No one is prosecuted. Mary Cronk Farrell then jumps back 20 years to trace Sellins’ life organizing garment and mine workers. Full of photos and primary documents, Fannie Never Flinched puts Sellins’ story in the context of the struggles of workers and the labor movement during the “Gilded Age.” Continue reading.
Fannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell
Published by Harry N. Abrams on November 1st 2016
Genres: Activism, Economic Class, Girls and Women, Labor, Law, Public Policy, U.S. History
Pages: 56
Reading Level: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
ISBN: 9781419718847
Review Source: Rethinking Schools
Publisher's Synopsis: 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."
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