How long does it take to read The Autobiography of Mother Jones?
Mary "Mother" Jones, John P. Altgeld
The Autobiography of Mother Jones by Mary "Mother" Jones, John P. Altgeld takes about 4 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1925. 242 pages, about 66,550 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Among the most stirring works of labor history ever written, this autobiography of Mother Jones (ňe Mary Harris) chronicles the life of a woman who was considered a saint by many, and by others, "the most dangerous woman in America." A forceful and picturesque figure in the American labor movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Mother Jones was a born crusader. Widowed at the age of 30 when her husband and four young children died during a yellow fever epidemic, Mother Jones spoke out tirelessly and effectively for the rights of workers and unionists. She played a significant role in organizing mining strikes in West Virginia and Colorado, as well as the Pittsburgh steel strike of 1919. She was instrumental in the formation of the United Mine Workers union (UMW) in 1890 and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in 1905."--From publisher.
Subjects: Women in the labor movement, Labor leaders, Women labor union members, Women labor leaders, United Mine Workers of America, Labor
