Credits

“We Were Not Ladies.  We Were Women.”

Produced, written and directed by Greg Boozell
Edited by Jon Biewen and Greg Boozell
Story Consultant, Karen Everett

Narrated by Kim Holmes

Actors (In Order of Appearance)

[ezcol_1fifth]Mary Heaton Vorse[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth_end]Melissa Epp[/ezcol_3fifth_end]

[ezcol_1fifth]Agnes Burns Wieck[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth_end]Diane Pritchard[/ezcol_3fifth_end]

[ezcol_1fifth]News Announcer[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth_end]Charles Miercke[/ezcol_3fifth_end]

[ezcol_1fifth]John L. Lewis[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth_end]Graham Hayward[/ezcol_3fifth_end]

[ezcol_1fifth]Robert Morss Lovett[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth_end]Matt Fear[/ezcol_3fifth_end]

[ezcol_1fifth]Gerry Allard[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth_end]Scott Spaulding[/ezcol_3fifth_end]

[ezcol_1fifth]Social Justice Commission[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth_end]Greg Boozell[/ezcol_3fifth_end]

[ezcol_1fifth]Irene Allard[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth_end]Laurie Hogin[/ezcol_3fifth_end]

Interviews (In Order Of Appearance)

Sean Burns
Organizer, Illinois Education Association

Caroline Merithew
Professor of History, University of Dayton

Dominic Bertinetti. Jr.

Rosemary Feurer
Associate Professor of History, Northern Illinois University

Archival Interviews

Archival interviews were largely taken from the University of Illinois at Springfield Oral History Collection.  Two oral history projects from the collection provide a treasure trove of first person accounts of the Illinois Mine War in the words and voices of people who were there.

The COAL MINING AND UNION ACTIVITIES PROJECT features interviews by Nick Cherniavsky, Barbara “Bobbe” Herndon and Rex Rhodes recorded in 1972-74.

ILLINOIS COAL: THE LEGACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY includes interviews by Kevin Corley, Carl Oblinger, and Brenda Griffin conducted 1985-86. Kevin Corley can be heard interviewing Ada Miller and John Wittka. 

Selected Archival Interviews (In Order of Appearance)

Ada Miller

Jack Battuello

Catherine DeRorre

Irene Allard

Lena Dougherty

John Wittka

Otto Klein

Jesse Lake

Joe Ozanic

Music
Greg Boozell and Chris Sinnott

Thanks To
Emily LaBarbera-Twarog, Bill Gorrell, Lisa Andrew, UMWA District 12, Ken Davis and Linda Paul

Legal Services
Leavens, Strand, & Glover, LLC.

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