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Meet Aunt Molly Jackson (1880-1960), one of American folklore's most<br> fascinating characters.<br> A coal miner's daughter, she grew up in eastern Kentucky, married a miner, <br> and became a midwife, labor activist, and songwriter. Fusing hard experience<br> with rich Appalachian musical tradition, her songs became weapons of struggle.<br> In 1931, at age fifty, she was "discovered" and brought north, <br> sponsored and befriended by an illustrious circle of left-wing intellectuals<br> and mu
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- Author
- Romalis, Shelly, 1939-
- Publisher
- Urbana: University of Illinois Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780252024214
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Memoir, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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