Come To The Place Where It All Began!

Come to the Franklin Community & Heritage Museum and visit the historic site where the women's march was born. 701 South Broadway, Franklin, Kansas.

Come visit the mural 'Solidarity' at the Pittsburg Public Library. 308 North Walnut, Pittsburg, Kansas.

Come to the Miners' Memorial and visit the Amazon Army kiosk, which tells the story of this extraordinary event. Second & Walnut, Pittsburg, Kansas.




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New York Times, Sunday-Section, Dec. 25, 1921
"Army of Amazons- An Oral History of Southeast Kansas," © White Buffalo Press, 2000.

The Women's Army of Kansas On The March: The Wives and Daughters of the Striking Coal Miners of the Pittsburg District Go on the Warpath to Oust the Strike Breakers, Invading the Mines and Scattering the Workers With a Red-Pepper Attack.




Women Raiders Invading A Mine Near Pittsburg, Kan., Forcing the Workmen to Drop Their Tools and Kiss the American Flag.




Mary Skubitz
"Army of Amazons- An Oral History of Southeast Kansas," © White Buffalo Press, 2000.
Courtesy of Joseph Skubitz.




Mary Skubitz's mother, Julia Youvan




Clemence DeGruson
"Army of Amazons- An Oral History of Southeast Kansas," © White Buffalo Press, 2000.
Courtesy of Jim DeGruson.




The Joan Of Arc Of The Coal Fields: Fourteen-Year-Old Daughter Of A Striker.
New York Times, Dec. 23, 1921
"Army of Amazons- An Oral History of Southeast Kansas," © White Buffalo Press, 2000.




Close-up of the six-women: Section Of The Army Of Amazons in the Kansas Coal Fields, Captained by a Women With a Three-Months-Old Baby in Arms.
Pittsburg Daily Headlight, Dec. 1921.
"Army of Amazons- An Oral History of Southeast Kansas," © White Buffalo Press, 2000.




"Women March on J-W No. 17," Pittsburg Daily Headlight, Dec. 12, 1921, p.1, cols.1-2.
"Army of Amazons- An Oral History of Southeast Kansas," © White Buffalo Press, 2000.




Coal Miners' Wives




Maggie Bellezza O'Nelio




Map of the Kruger Coal Company Mine




Explosion




Mining Cars




Frances Paulin




 
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