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From Ireland to the New World 1837–1859

Young Adulthood: A Teacher, a Mother, a Worker 1859–1886

Labor Activist: Becoming Mother Jones 1886–1902

The Most Dangerous Woman in America 1902–1904

The Children's Crusade and the Socialist Party 1903–1911

Back to the Miners 1911–1913

The Colorado Coal War 1913–1915

Her Other Battles 1913–1919

Steel Strike 1919

Her Last Years 1920–1930

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