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UP Matters: “The Women of the Copper Country,” chosen as 2021-2022 Great Michigan Read

by Diane Hoban | Mar 31, 2021 | News: Great Michigan Read

The Women of the Copper Country” written by Mary Doria Russell was chosen by Michigan Humanities for the 2021-2022 Great Michigan Read.The book tells the story of 25-year-old Annie Clements who stood up for miners and their families during the 1913 copper strikes.

“This fictionalized account of the very real and dangerous conditions Upper Peninsula copper miners faced and Annie Clements’ willingness to fight for a better life for them and their families will have readers cheering as Big Annie takes on the company owners in one of the first tests of the American labor movement,” said Shelly Hendrick Kasprzycki, Michigan Humanities president and CEO…

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