Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-328) and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. A cast of voices: the speakers -- Barbed wire and Easter lace: Helen Korich Krmpotich -- A child among strangers: Elizabeth Stull Crawford -- Hand-diggin' times: Elizabeth Zofchak Leach Stevens -- Girl miner: Ethel Day Smith -- Living on the wild: Irene Adkins Dolin -- A life sweet and precious: Ethel Dixon McCuiston -- Helping the soldier boys: Alice Fulford -- A good job and a happy time: Madge Kelly -- pt. 2. The new miners: crossing the portal. Ruby the riveter: Ruby Carey Kifer -- What I have to do: Martha Horner -- A working life: Elizabeth Laird -- Walk in beauty: Evelyn Luna (Evie Tsosie) -- Woman enough: Janice Molineaux -- A different world: struggle and survival. A thousand lives: Patsy Fraley -- My other life: Patricia Brown -- After the storm: Brenda Brock -- The fruit of our labor: Sandra Bailey Barber -- A long hard road: Rita Miller -- Carrying the torch: women in the coal employment project and the United Mine Workers of America. A legacy of change: Cosby Ann Totten -- Always a miner: Carol Davis -- For the future: Joy Huitt -- The work of hope: Kipp Dawson -- The great British strike of 1984-1985: Sylvia Pye -- Sanctuary: Bonnie Boyer.
