"Mother Jones": Teaching Labor and Reform in Original Song
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
This performance of an original song, "Mother Jones," demonstrates an effective method for teaching labor and reform in the U.S. Women's History classroom. The performance, by Dr. Karin L. Zipf on fiddle, includes original lyrics to a variation on a traditional fiddle tune know as "Shoe Polisher's Jig." The original fidde tune would have been familiar to the Irish immigrant and union organizer, Mary Harris Jones.
"Mother Jones": Teaching Labor and Reform in Original Song
This performance of an original song, "Mother Jones," demonstrates an effective method for teaching labor and reform in the U.S. Women's History classroom. The performance, by Dr. Karin L. Zipf on fiddle, includes original lyrics to a variation on a traditional fiddle tune know as "Shoe Polisher's Jig." The original fidde tune would have been familiar to the Irish immigrant and union organizer, Mary Harris Jones.
