Fannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell

Mary speaks at schools, libraries, and women’s and family workshops. Mary Cronk Farrell’s books have been honored with the SPUR Award for Best Juvenile Fiction, and as Notable Social Studies Books for Young People and NY Public Library Best Books for Teens. Mary Cronk Farrell BOOK REVIEW FANNIE NEVER FLINCHED by Mary Cronk Farrell bookshelf A beautiful meditation on the tender, fraught interior lives of Black boys. Today the gap between the rich and poor in America rivals the 1920s.įanny Never Flinched, for ages 10 and up, portrays the life of an ordinary American girl who grew up in a time like today – a time of rapid change and economic crisis that called for extraordinary leadership. Mary Cronk Farrell - Fannie Never Flinched: One Womans Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights, Hardcover - Fannie Sellins (1872-1919). Owners of industrial corporations were the “gilded” while hundreds of thousands of workers subsisted on poverty wages. Fannie Never Flinched One Woman's Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights by Mary Cronk Farrell. The early 1900’s have been called the Gilded Age of American Industrialization. And as with most books by Mary, adults will also find it a fascinating read.įanny would become a full time organizer in 1909 and traveled the nation calling for fair wages and decent working conditions. The book includes a timeline, bibliography, and index.Entrance to a West Virginia coal mineHer story, written for young readers, is a timely, tragic, and ultimately inspiring must-read. Fannie Never Flinched: One Womans Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights. Their tales are both inspiring and heart-wrenching. Along with Adams’s story are those of other black women who played a crucial role in integrating the armed forces. The book centers around Charity Adams, who commanded the only black WAAC battalion sent overseas and became the highest ranking African American woman in the military by the end of the war. Fannie Never Flinched One Woman’s Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights By Mary Cronk Farrell Hardcover Price: 19. They survived racial prejudice and discrimination with dignity, succeeded in jobs women had never worked before, and made crucial contributions to the military war effort. They interrupted careers and left family, friends, and loved ones to venture into unknown and sometimes dangerous territory.

They quickly discovered that they faced as many obstacles in the armed forces as they did in everyday life.

Standing Up Against Hate tells the stories of the African American women who enlisted in the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in World War II. Fannie Never Flinched: One Womans Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights Hardcover Picture Book, 1 Nov.

Fannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell