Quote by Agnes Smedley
My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike

My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners. – Agnes Smedley

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