Living History at Your Library: Aunt Molly Jackson
Feisty, funny, and completely fearless, Aunt Molly Jackson lived for nearly 50 years in the coal camps of southeastern Kentucky, where here father, brothers, husband and sons were miners.
Aug 29 2019, 6 pm
Aug 29 2019, 6 pm
Feisty, funny, and completely fearless, Aunt Molly Jacksons lived for nearly 50 years in the coal camps of southeastern Kentucky, where her father, brothers, husband, and sons were miners. In the camps, Aunt Molly delivered babies, nursed the sick, and wrote and sang songs about the miner's lives. Aunt Molly's songs, her eloquence, and her intimate knowledge of the live in the camps impressed Theodore Dreiser and his committee of writers when they visited Kentucky in 1931. Dreiser encouraged Aunt Molly to move to New York City, where her heartfelt songs and lively stories made her a popular and well-known spokesperson for the Kentucky miners. Today, Aunt Molly's songs and stories take us back to the eastern and western Kentucky coalfields of the early 20th century.
Cost
Free and open to the public.
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