Scope:
This pathfinder had been constructed as a guide for anyone interested in learning more about the role of women in coal mining related labor related activism in Appalachia. The academic discourse on labor activism, particularly as it relates to labor in Appalachia, has been largely focused on men. While men certainly have played a significant role in activism, the contributions of women have been highly significant as well, and sorely overlooked. It is important to examine the roles that women have played in labor related activism because it informs us not only of their work, but of their relationship with the patriarchy, with men, and with other women, as well as their communities.
Introductory Text:
The preface and introduction to the following text is useful as an introduction to the topic.
Moore, Marat. Women in the Mines: Stories of Life and Work.New York: Twayne Publishers. ASU APP COLL STACKS: HD6073. M6152 U65 1996, pp15-23 and 25-51.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Highly Relevant:
Coal miners’ Spouses
Coal Miners, Harlan County, KY., 1973
Coal Strike
Coal Miners’ Strike, Kentucky, 1973-1974
Strikes and Lockouts—Coal Mining
Women Coal Miners—Appalachian region—History
Women in the Labor Movement
Women Labor Leaders
Also Relevant:
Coal Mine Accidents—Kentucky
Coal Miner—Kentucky—Harlan County
Coal Strike, Harlan County, KY., 1975
Dickens, Hazel
Folk Music—United States
Folk Music—West Virginia—Biography
Gunning, Sarah Ogan
Horizon Series
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Jones, Mother
Mine Explosions--Kentucky
National Public Radio (US) Educational Services Department
Reece, Florence
Scotia Mine Disaster, Oven Fork, Kentucky, 1976
Strikes and Lockouts—Coal Mining—Kentucky—Harlan County
United Mine Workers of America
Widows—Psychology
Related:
Women in Politics
Women Political Activists
Appalachian (People)—Women
Clipping Files Subject Headings – W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection:
Coal—Miners—Diseases & Hygiene
Coal Miners
Coal Mines & Mining
Coal Mining & Mining Accidents
Coal Mining Strikes
Coal Miners—Women
Labor Negotiations
Labor—UMWA—Strikes—Brookside
Labor—UMWA—Strikes—Brookside—Citizens’ Inquiry
Labor Unions
Mining, Women
Women--Appalachia
Library of Congress Call Numbers:
HD5325
HD6037
HD6073
HD8039
HD8073
HN79
HQ1438
Z6738
Books:
Stephen L. Fisher, ed. Fighting Back in Appalachia: Traditions of Resistance and Change. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999. ASU APP COLL STACKS: HN79 .127 F4 1993, & c. 2.
Gieson, Carol A. B., Coal Miners’ Wives: Portraits of Endurance. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky. ASU APP COLL STACKS: HD8039 .M62 U6253 1995.
Kahn, Kathy. Hillbilly Women. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973. ASU MAIN STACKS and ASU APP COLL STACKS: HQ1438 .A13 K33.
Laslett, John L, ed. The United Mine Workers of America: A Model of Industrial Solidarity? University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press. ASU APP COLL STACKS: HD6515 .M616 U5584 1996.
Moore, Marat. Women in the Mines: Stories of Life and Work.New York: Twayne Publishers. ASU APP COLL STACKS: HD6073. M6152 U65 1996.
Norris, Randall and Jean-Phillipe Cypress. Women of Coal. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky. ASU APP COLL STACKS: HD6073 .M6152 U66 1996.
Guides, Encyclopedias, and Dictionaries:
Abramson, Rudy and Haskell, Jean. Encyclopedia of Appalachia. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, c2006. Women’s Groups, p 193-4, also see Women’s Roles, p195 and Hazel Dickens p 1143-1144, and Aunt Molly Jackson p 1175, Mother Jones p 577-79. ASU APP COLL STACKS: F106 .E53 2006, c 2.
Wilson, Charles Reagan and William Ferris, co-editors. Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1989. APP COLL OVERSIZE: F209 .E53. Worker’s Wives, p1566. ASU APP COLL STACKS: F209 >E53 1989.
Wilson, Charles R, James G. Thomas, and Ann J. Abadie. The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Gender #13. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006. Print. Workers Wives, p 287-290. ASU SPEC APP COLL: F209 .N47 2006.
Bibliographies:
West Virginia University Library. Appalachian Bibliography 1994-2010. COAL, INDUSTRY, LABOR, RAILROADS, TRANSPORTATION and WOMEN. <http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/bibliography/.
West Virginia University Library. Appalachian Bibliography,1980. Morgantown: West Virginia University Library. 2 vols. A6 1980. See vol. 1. p1100. ASU APP COLL REFERENCE: F217 .A7
Mielke, David. Women and the Appalachian Region. The Center for Continuing Education: Appalachian State University, Boone. ASU APP COLLSTACKS: Z1251 >A7 M48 1976 c. 2.
Munn, Robert F. The Coal Industry in America, A Bibliography and Guide to Studies. Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University Library, 1977. ASU APP COLL STACKS: Z6738 .C6 M8.
Parsons, Gerald E. A Brief List of Works Concerning Aunt Molly Jackson. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Song, 1975. Print.
Pittsburgh, P.A.: University of Pittsburgh Press, c1988. ASU SPEC APP COLL: HD8072 .J7832 1988.
Farr, Sidney Saylor. Appalachian Women: An Annotated Bibliography. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1981. ASU SPEC APP COLL: Z7964.A127 F37.
Parkinson, George. Guide to Coal Mining Collections in US. Morgantown: West Virginia University Library, 1978. ASU SPEC APP COLL: Z6738. C6 P 37.
Yonarella, Ann-Marie. Coal and the Social Sciences: A Bibliography Guide to the Literature. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1989. ASU SPEC APP COLL: Z6738. C6 C62.
Wrye, Jessica. Women Activism towards Labor Equality in the Coal Fields of Central Appalachia between 1964-1989. Pathfinder and Bibliography. ASU SPEC APP COLL.
Hogue, Coty. Hazel Dickens. Pathfinder and Bibliography. ASU SPEC APP COLL.
Journal of Appalachian Studies Bibliography. Published Yearly.
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Journals:
Appalachian Journal. Quarterly. Boone: Appalachian State University, 1972-present, Indices in V7, N.4; V18, N.4; V23, N.4. ASU SPEC APP COLL: F216.2.A66.
Journal of American History. Quarterly. Bloomington, Ind.: Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1964-present. ASU WEB VERSION.
Journal of Appalachian Studies. Semiannual. Morgantown: Appalachian Studies Association, 1995-present. ASU SPEC APP COLL: F217. A65.
Journal of Women’s History. Quarterly. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1989-Present ASU WEB VERSION.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 1996-Present. ASU WEB VERSION.
Gender and Society. Bimonthly. New York: Sage Publications Inc., 1987-present. ASU WEB VERSION.
Websites:
About Women in Mining. October, 2006.
http://www.womeninmining.org/aboutwim.htm
Audio and Video Sources:
Pigmman, James, Roberts, Jeremy, Watts, Natasha. Blood Stained Coal: The Scotia Mine Disaster. 16 minute color film. Whitesburg, KY. Appalshop Films & Appalachian Media Institute, 2000. ASU APP COLL STACKS VC377.
Elizabeth Barret. Coalmining Women. 40:00 minute color film. Whitesburg, Ky: Appalshop Films. ASU App COLL STACKS VC23.
Harlan County, USA. 105 minute color film. RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video. ASU APP COLL STACKS VC303.
Pickering, Mimi. Dreadful Memories, The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning. Color film. Whitesburg, KY. Appalshop Films, 1998. ASU APP COLL STACKS: VC25.
Pickering, Mimi. Hazel Dickens, It’s Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song. 61 minute color film. Whitesburg, KY, c2001. Appalshop films. ASU APP COLL STACKS VC472.
Pickering, Mimi. Hazel Dickens, It’s Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song. Sound Recording. ASU APP COLL STACKS, ML3545 .A317 Rec. 687.
Compiled by:
Jennifer Cohen-Jordan
10-29-06
Updated by:
Kathryn Engle
10-27-11