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In the wake of the violent labor disputes in Colorado's two-year
Coalfield War, a young woman and single mother resolved in 1916 to
change the status quo for 'girls,' as well-to-do women in Denver
referred to their hired help. Her name was Jane Street, and this
compelling biography is the first to chronicle her defiant efforts
- and devastating misfortunes - as a leader of the so-called
housemaid rebellion. A native of Indiana, Jane Street (1887 - 1966)
began her activist endeavors as an organizer for the Industrial
Workers of the World (IWW). In riveting detail, author Jane Little
Botkin recounts Street's attempts to orchestrate a domestic mutiny
against Denver's elitist Capitol Hill women, including wives of the
state's national guard officers and Colorado Fuel and Iron
operators. It did not take long for the housemaid rebellion to make
local and national news. Despite the IWW's initial support of the
housemaids' fight for fairness and better pay, Street soon found
herself engaged in a gender war, the target of sexism within the
very organization she worked so hard to support. The abuses she
suffered ranged from sabotage and betrayal to arrests and
abandonment. After the United States entered World War I and the
first Red Scare arose, Street's battle to balance motherhood and
labor organizing began to take its toll. Legal troubles, broken
relationships, and poverty threatened her very existence. In
previous western labor and women's studies accounts, Jane Street
has figured only marginally, credited in passing as the founder of
a housemaids' union. To unearth the rich detail of her story,
Botkin has combed through case histories, family archives, and -
perhaps most significant - Street's own writings, which express her
greatest joys, her deepest sorrows, and her unfortunate dealings
with systematic injustice. Setting Jane's story within the wider
context of early-twentieth-century class struggles and the women's
suffrage movement, The Girl Who Dared to Defy paints a fascinating
- and ultimately heartbreaking - portrait of one woman's courageous
fight for equality.
Franklin Henry Little (1878-1917), an organizer for the Western
Federation of Miners and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW),
fought in some of the early twentieth century's most contentious
labor and free-speech struggles. Following his lynching in Butte,
Montana, his life and legacy became shrouded in tragedy and family
secrets. In Frank Little and the IWW, author Jane Little Botkin
chronicles her great-granduncle's fascinating life and reveals its
connections to the history of American labor and the first Red
Scare. Beginning with Little's childhood in Missouri and
territorial Oklahoma, Botkin recounts his evolution as a renowned
organizer and agitator on behalf of workers in corporate
agriculture, oil, logging, and mining. Frank Little traveled the
West and Midwest to gather workers beneath the banner of the
Wobblies (as IWW members were known), making soapbox speeches on
city street corners, organizing strikes, and writing polemics
against unfair labor practices. His brother and sister-in-law also
joined the fight for labor, but it was Frank who led the charge -
and who was regularly threatened, incarcerated, and assaulted for
his efforts. In his final battles in Arizona and Montana, Botkin
shows, Little and the IWW leadership faced their strongest opponent
yet as powerful copper magnates countered union efforts with
deep-laid networks of spies and gunmen, an antilabor press, and
local vigilantes. For a time, Frank Little's murder became a
rallying cry for the IWW. But after the United States entered the
Great War and Congress passed the Sedition Act (1918) to ensure
support for the war effort, many politicians and corporations used
the act to target labor ""radicals,"" squelch dissent, and inspire
vigilantism. Like other wage-working families smeared with the
traitor label, the Little family endured raids, arrests, and
indictments in IWW trials. Having scoured the West for firsthand
sources in family, library, and museum collections, Botkin melds
the personal narrative of an American family with the story of the
labor movements that once shook the nation to its core. In doing
so, she throws into sharp relief the lingering consequences of
political repression.
In this issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics, guest editors Drs.
Sophie Lanzkron and Jane Little bring their considerable expertise
to the topic of Sickle Cell Syndromes. Top experts in the field
cover key topics such as structural racism and impact on sickle
cell disease (SCD); pathophysiology and biomarkers of SCD; genetic
modifiers of SCD; allogeneic transplant and gene therapy:
reproductive health; chronic pain; and more. Contains 16 relevant,
practice-oriented topics including innovative therapies, addressing
challenging complications, novel science on mechanisms of disease;
preventing cognitive decline in people with SCD; quality of life in
SCD; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on sickle cell
syndromes, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under
the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors
synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines
to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Franklin Henry Little (1878-1917), an organizer for the Western
Federation of Miners and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW),
fought in some of the early twentieth century's most contentious
labor and free-speech struggles. Following his lynching in Butte,
Montana, his life and legacy became shrouded in tragedy and family
secrets. In Frank Little and the IWW, author Jane Little Botkin
chronicles her great-granduncle's fascinating life and reveals its
connections to the history of American labor and the first Red
Scare. Beginning with Little's childhood in Missouri and
territorial Oklahoma, Botkin recounts his evolution as a renowned
organizer and agitator on behalf of workers in corporate
agriculture, oil, logging, and mining. Frank Little traveled the
West and Midwest to gather workers beneath the banner of the
Wobblies (as IWW members were known), making soapbox speeches on
city street corners, organizing strikes, and writing polemics
against unfair labor practices. His brother and sister-in-law also
joined the fight for labor, but it was Frank who led the charge -
and who was regularly threatened, incarcerated, and assaulted for
his efforts. In his final battles in Arizona and Montana, Botkin
shows, Little and the IWW leadership faced their strongest opponent
yet as powerful copper magnates countered union efforts with
deep-laid networks of spies and gunmen, an antilabor press, and
local vigilantes. For a time, Frank Little's murder became a
rallying cry for the IWW. But after the United States entered the
Great War and Congress passed the Sedition Act (1918) to ensure
support for the war effort, many politicians and corporations used
the act to target labor ""radicals,"" squelch dissent, and inspire
vigilantism. Like other wage-working families smeared with the
traitor label, the Little family endured raids, arrests, and
indictments in IWW trials. Having scoured the West for firsthand
sources in family, library, and museum collections, Botkin melds
the personal narrative of an American family with the story of the
labor movements that once shook the nation to its core. In doing
so, she throws into sharp relief the lingering consequences of
political repression.
In the wake of the violent labor disputes in Colorado's two-year
Coalfield War, a young woman and single mother resolved in 1916 to
change the status quo for "girls," as well-to-do women in Denver
referred to their hired help. Her name was Jane Street, and this
compelling biography is the first to chronicle her defiant
efforts-and devastating misfortunes-as a leader of the so-called
housemaid rebellion. A native of Indiana, Jane Street (1887-1966)
began her activist endeavors as an organizer for the Industrial
Workers of the World (IWW). In riveting detail, author Jane Little
Botkin recounts Street's attempts to orchestrate a domestic mutiny
against Denver's elitist Capitol Hill women, including wives of the
state's national guard officers and Colorado Fuel and Iron
operators. It did not take long for the housemaid rebellion to make
local and national news. Despite the IWW's initial support of the
housemaids' fight for fairness and better pay, Street soon found
herself engaged in a gender war, the target of sexism within the
very organization she worked so hard to support. The abuses she
suffered ranged from sabotage and betrayal to arrests and
abandonment. After the United States entered World War I and the
first Red Scare arose, Street's battle to balance motherhood and
labor organizing began to take its toll. Legal troubles, broken
relationships, and poverty threatened her very existence. In
previous western labor and women's studies accounts, Jane Street
has figured only marginally, credited in passing as the founder of
a housemaids' union. To unearth the rich detail of her story,
Botkin has combed through case histories, family archives,
and-perhaps most significant-Street's own writings, which express
her greatest joys, her deepest sorrows, and her unfortunate
dealings with systematic injustice. Setting Jane's story within the
wider context of early-twentieth-century class struggles and the
women's suffrage movement, The Girl Who Dared to Defy paints a
fascinating-and ultimately heartbreaking-portrait of one woman's
courageous fight for equality.
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