![]() ![]() Portrait Fannie SellinsĪfter a decade-long career fighting for labor rights, Fannie was beaten and gunned down on a picket line in Natrona in 1919, and was buried at the Union Cemetery in Arnold, just a few minutes from my grandmother’s old house. This part of the book was particularly captivating for me because I grew up in the Alle-Kiski Valley, where much of Fannie’s fight took place. I didn’t realize until I reached the end of the book how much of her life was spent in the same area where many of my family members reside. Louis, Missouri to her tragic death while marching on a picket line with striking workers from Allegheny Coal and Coke in Brackenridge, Pa. This beautiful hardcover book follows Fannie through her humble beginnings as a garment factory worker in St. ![]() In the book, Farrell combines vivid prose, primary research and historical photos to reveal the life and death of Fannie Sellins, a fighter who helped pave the way for labor reform in the United States. ![]() ![]() Therefore, when I was given the opportunity to review a copy of Mary Cronk Farrell‘s new book Fannie Never Flinched: One Woman’s Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights(Abrams Books for Young Readers, Nov. As the mom of a young daughter, I feel that it’s critically important to expose young girls to strong female figures, whether from our historical past or modern times. ![]()
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