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Fannie Never Flinched: One Woman’s Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights

Mary Cronk Farrell

This account traces Fannie Sellins’s work for labor rights in the coal and garment industries during the early 1900s. Living in the Gilded Age, she saw stark inequality between industrialists and laborers. Sellins believed that America should offer equality and justice to everyone, and she gave her life in pursuit of that vision. Photographs and back matter accompany her story.

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Themes
Activism · History · Social Justice · Work And Careers
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Published
November 1, 2016
ISBN-13
9781419718847
Language
English
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