Sewn in Coal Country Marshanda A. Smith violent murders of Russell

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Sewn in Coal Country Marshanda A. Smith violent murders of RussellBy the mid 1930s, Pennsylvania's anthracite coal industry was facing a steady decline. Mining areas such as the Wyoming Valley around the cities of Wilkes Barre and Pittston were full of willing workers (including women) who proved irresistibly attractive to New York City's runaway shopsladies' apparel factories seeking lower labor and other costs. The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) soon followed, and the Valley became a thriving