The Women of the Copper Country

by Mary Doria Russell

First published 2019

In the Michigan mining town of Calumet, 25-year-old Annie Clements has seen enough hardship. The men toil underground for meager pay, while the women clean the mansions of the wealthy elite. When a strike erupts, Annie bravely stands up to the powerful copper barons, risking everything to demand justice for her community. But as the strike turns violent, Annie fears she may have taken on more than she can handle.

Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, activism

Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: social-change, underdog

Setting: Calumet, Michigan

Period: 19th-century

352 pages · Hardcover · Atria Books

Content warnings: violence

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