Women in Coal Towns

Fetching Water from a Well
One woman pumping water from a well and one holding a bucket.
Women Working in Garden at Barrack Village Near Fairmont, W. Va.
During Unionization of Coal Company workers, miners' families were evicted from Company owned houses. The Union supplied building material and land and the miners plus others constructed temporary barracks until the labor trouble was settled. Beside the barracks, there was room for small garden plots and here they are shown working in them. See New York Times Sunday Sept. 5th Picture Section.
Miner's Wife and and a Group of Children with Strike Sign
Children holding signs in the street.
Striking Miner's Families Outside Barracks
Portrait of children and some women and men gathered outside a barracks.
Wives Waiting for Husbands at Mine No. 8 after Monongah Mine Disaster
Wives and family members wait for men outside Monongah No. 8 mine. A. G. Martin and Company, Fairmont, W. Va.