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This newspaper clipping, from the New York Times, features a group of women marching in protest during a coal mine strike in southeast Kansas. Dubbed the" Amazon Army," the women marched through the coal fields carrying large American flags to show their support for better wages and improved working conditions for their family members who worked in the camps.
Creator: New York Times
Date: December 25, 1921
Item Number: 224855
Call Number: K 331 Clipp. Vol. 1, 1884-1929
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224855
Business and Industry - Labor - Strikes
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Coal
Collections - Library
Date - 1920s - 1921
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Labor movement - Strikes
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Pittsburg
Places - Counties - Crawford
Places - Regions - Southeast Kansas
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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