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| Title | "Like a Brilliant Thread" |
| Extended Title | Gender and Vigilante Democracy in the Kansas Coalfield, 1921-1922 |
| Abstract | Article recounts the December 1921 coal strike in southeast Kansas involving the "Amazon Army"- the wives, mothers, sisters, and friends of the striking mine workers. They led a series of marches to prevent any escalation of violence, but also to keep strikebreakers from reopening closed Kansas mines. |
| Author | Benjamin W. Goosen
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| Date | Fall 2011 |
| Source | Kansas History |
| Location | Periodicals |
| Publisher | Kansas Historical Society |
| Volume | 34 |
| Number | 3 |
| Page | 206-223 |
| Subject | Coal miners
Labor unions
Spouses
Strikes
Women
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| Local Subject | Kansas
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Magazine Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| CONTENTdm number | 39987 |
