My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. S… — Agnes Smedley

My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners.

Agnes SmedleyJournalist · American · 1892 – 1950

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