Contributors

Timothy Dean Draper, PhD is special projects editor for this journal and a member of the ISHS advisory board. He is professor of history at Waubonsee Community College (Sugar Grove).Rosemary Feurer is professor of history at Northern Illinois University, director of the Mother Jones Heritage Project, https://www.motherjonesmuseum.org, and author of the forthcoming Mother Jones Road Tour through Illinois Labor History. She is also working on a new biography of Mother Jones and a book manuscript titled “The Illinois Mine Wars, 1860–1940.”Mary Z. Rose is the archives librarian at the Madison County (Illinois) Archival Library. Her most recent publication is “The Gillham Abduction Story: Constructing an Alternative Narrative” (Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Spring 2024).A Mother Jones pop-up museum banner, launched in 2024. These are designed to be easily transportable to schools, unions, and other organizations. Design: Rosemary Feurer and Sophia Varcados.