The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell tells the story of many of the women. She lived in the Copper Country of Michigan in the late 1800s and early 1900s. How they worked, how they were treated, and how their lives were changed by mining. With women in Michigan serving as doctors, nurses, teachers, lumberjacks, miners, homemakers. And so much more, it’s truly an incredible story that deserves to be told. This book also includes a forward written by the U.S.
Overview About “The Women of the Copper Country” by “Mary Doria Russell”
The Women of the Copper Country is a historical fiction novel that takes place during and after World War I. It was written by Mary Doria Russell and published in 1990. The book features several main characters but focuses mainly on Emma Mueller. Emma’s husband has left her without saying goodbye, she is raising three children alone while working to pay off debts caused by her late husband’s work in copper mining, and she struggles with poverty. However, all that soon changes as miners go on strike for better wages and safer working conditions. This causes political unrest, driving Emma to become politically active herself. She becomes involved with union activists who are leading a strike for better working conditions for immigrants in Verona.
Reviews About “The Women of the Copper Country” by “Mary Doria Russell”
The Women of The Copper Country is a very good novel and I highly recommend it. Although a work of fiction, it does do justice to how life was for women who lived in that era. Not every woman was independently wealthy, nor did they have a family to rely on for support. Many were left as widows with small children, no resources to speak of and in many cases, forced to live in poverty or near poverty conditions. The great miner strikes affected everyone – including these women who had little rights then or even now (considering women’s rights didn’t begin happening until almost 100 years later). Life wasn’t easy then and as I said earlier, author Mary Doria Russell portrayed that beautifully here.
About “Mary Doria Russell” the author of “The Women of the Copper Country”
Russell is an author, speaker, scholar, and public figure who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1995. She is a trained historian who grew up on a cattle ranch in California but now resides in Missoula, Montana with her husband and two daughters. She holds degrees from Stanford University (BA), Notre Dame (MA), and Berkeley (Ph.D.). Her historical novels have focused on women’s experiences during World War II and its aftermath. The Sparrow was nominated for both a Hugo Award and Nebula Award, winning neither; its success has stemmed mostly from word-of-mouth popularity since then.
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