Agenda: A Miner’s Life Describe the life of a miner’s family in 1912 West Virginia Describe the life of a miner’s family in 1912 West Virginia –Where do they live? –How do they live? –How are they paid? –Where do they shop? Who were the miners? Who were the miners?

Agenda: The Labor Movement Why was labor such an issue at the turn of the 20th century? Why was labor such an issue at the turn of the 20th century? What was the American labor movement? What was the American labor movement? Why did the laborers need the movement to address their problems? Why did the laborers need the movement to address their problems? What was the nature of resistance to labor movements? What was the nature of resistance to labor movements? What did leaders of labor have to do with their speeches? What did leaders of labor have to do with their speeches?

Agenda: The Exigence What do we know about the historical moment of Mother Jones’ speech? What do we know about the historical moment of Mother Jones’ speech? Who were her audiences? Who were her audiences? What were the issues in the Paint Creek/Cabin Creek dispute? What were the issues in the Paint Creek/Cabin Creek dispute? Why had Mother Jones led the march to the capitol? Why had Mother Jones led the march to the capitol? What would we identify as expectations for the speech? What would we identify as expectations for the speech?

Agenda: Mother Jones What reputation did Mother Jones have in the country in 1912? Among the miners? What reputation did Mother Jones have in the country in 1912? Among the miners? What is Mother Jones' role in the labor movement? How does it relate to her speaking? What is Mother Jones' role in the labor movement? How does it relate to her speaking? How did Mother Jones come to be a speaker for the labor movement? Where did she acquire her speaking characteristics? How did Mother Jones come to be a speaker for the labor movement? Where did she acquire her speaking characteristics?

Agenda: The Speech What do we know about this speaking situation? Where? What do we know about this speaking situation? Where? Who were the audience(s) for the speech? Who were the audience(s) for the speech? What do you think were Mother Jones' goals in this speech? What do you think were Mother Jones' goals in this speech? What can we say about the primary style of the speech? Why did it have that style? What can we say about the primary style of the speech? Why did it have that style? How does Mother Jones go about achieving her goal? How does Mother Jones go about achieving her goal?

Agenda: Strategies of Speech Polemic Polemic Use of contrast Use of contrast The Mother Jones persona The Mother Jones persona –Challenge to manhood Use of motherhood Use of motherhood

Agenda: Evaluation Would we call this speech effective? Would we call this speech effective? In the long run, what was the impact of the speech? In the long run, what was the impact of the speech? How well did Mother Jones respond to her moment? How well did Mother Jones respond to her moment? What were the important characteristics of her response? Why were they appropriate? Inappropriate? What were the important characteristics of her response? Why were they appropriate? Inappropriate? What would be our overall thesis in a judgment of this speech? What would be our overall thesis in a judgment of this speech?