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Title A name given to the resource Reform (Social or Labor) Description An account of the resource The reform collection highlights those women who dared to influence labor changes to expand worker control over their conditions or who dared to reform society in a positive manner. In the United States, women have historically been major contributors to the great reform movements. Although their work is not given as much credit as those of their male counterparts, it was women who did much of the grassroots campaigning for universal suffrage, abolition of slavery, labor legislation, prison reform, social welfare programs, asylum reform, religious freedom, peace programs, and universal education. This collection then highlights the work of some of those activists and encourages us to be part of the solution and not part of the problem. Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1888 Birthplace Calumet, Michigan Death Date 1956 Occupation Labor organizer Biographical Text Anna Clemenc (1888-1956), or "Big Annie" as she was called, was an expert labor organizer who helped shape the labor movement in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She led Local Woman's Auxiliary No. 15 of the Western Federation of Miners in support of the miners' cause during the 1913-1914 Strike. When the men fought to change their working conditions, Annie was constantly at the front of marches, proudly carrying the flag, using her tall stature (6’2”) to lead the striking men and their supporters. She was arrested and jailed twice for her efforts to help unionize Michigan's Copper Country. Annie also witnessed the tragedy that occurred during a party for striking workers and their families at the Italian Hall on Christmas Eve. Someone falsely yelled “fire” upstairs during the party causing a stampede that killed 73 people, 59 of them children. The violent and, sometimes, deadly strike put Annie in harm's way, but she persevered. Although the miners did not gain the right to unionize, they secured higher wages and a shorter workday. 1913 Italian Hall Tragedy and Annie Woody Guthrie wrote a song titled "1913 Massacre" where he talked about the Italian Hall tragedy where the striking workers were innocently celebrating Christmas with their families on Christmas Eve only to have someone (some say it was the opposing side) yell upstairs to the hall where they were having the party that there was a fire. Annie tried to keep the children and their parents calm, but fear of fire and being trapped on the second story of the building won out. With inadequate means to get out, a stamped occurred and many were trampled to death. Seventy-three people lost their lives that night--59 of them children. Guthrie wrote this song around 1941 when stories about the strike and people who witnessed it were still very much alive. He immortalized Annie in the following lyrics: <br /><div style="text-align:center;">The copper boss' thugs stuck their heads in the door,</div> <div style="text-align:center;">One of them yelled and he screamed, "there's a fire,"</div> <div style="text-align:center;">A lady she hollered, "there's no such a thing.</div> <div style="text-align:center;">Keep on with your party, there's no such thing."</div> <div style="text-align:center;">(1913 Massacre, Woody Guthrie, @1941)</div> <br /><a href="https://youtu.be/oz7oguguIZE">Woody's song</a><br /><br /><a href="https://1913massacre.com/about-the-song/">Movie about the song</a> <br /><br /><strong>More media about Annie:</strong> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.nps.gov/kewe/anna-klobuchar-clemenc.htm">National Parks Service Website</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2021/10/10/descendants-big-annie-clemenc-give-calumet-museum-an-addition-her-exhibit/">Calumet Museum Exhibit about Annie</a><br /><br /><a href="https://miwf.org/timeline/anna-clemenc/">Michigan Women's Hall of Fame Website </a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I04FIpH5ywM">Italian Hall Disaster Video</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.lawcha.org/2020/12/23/11578/">Annie and her role in the Italian Hall Tragedy Website</a> Bibliography <p>Comstock, Lyndon. <em>Annie Clemenc and the Great Keweenaw Copper Strik</em>e. Lyndon Comstock, 2013.</p> <p>Engle, Diana Paiz. "Standing Tall with Big Annie." <em>Michigan History Magazine</em> 83, no. 4 (July-August 1999): 16-18.</p> <p>Kirkwood, Shannon. "In Defense of the Home: Working-Class Domesticity and Community Action in the Michigan Copper Country." <em>Michigan Historical Review</em> 43, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 1-27.</p> <p><em>Historical Fiction</em></p> <p>Russell, Maria Doria. <em>The Women of the Copper Country</em>. New York: Atria Books, 2020.</p> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Anna "Annie" Clemenc Subject The topic of the resource Labor rights Description An account of the resource Michigan labor activist who rallied workers and fought against capitalists so that laborers could sit at the bargaining table Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Amy French Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Image Source: http://thelaborhalloffame.org/sites/lihf.wayne.prometheuslabor.com/files/Clemenc.jpg labor activism Michigan socialism