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The Mining Journal: ‘The Women of the Copper Country’ chosen as 2021-22 Great Michigan Read

by | Apr 5, 2021 | News: Great Michigan Read

Residents throughout Michigan are invited to join in reading and discussing “The Women of the Copper Country,” Mary Doria Russell’s account of 25-year-old Annie Clements as she stood up for the miners and their families during the 1913 copper strike.

The book is Michigan Humanities’ choice for the 2021-22 Great Michigan Read and was unveiled during March, which is Women’s History Month.

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