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June 17, 2008 |
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Speaker: Katherine Scott Sturdevant |
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Professor of History, Pikes Peak Community College |
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Topic: The Cripple Creek Mining Strike of 1904 |
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The labor strike of the Western Federation of Miners in 1904 in Cripple Creek
was one of the most dramatic strikes in history. During the strike, John Harper, the president of Victor
Miners' Local No. 32, was imprisoned, tortured, beaten, kidnapped, and deported for his activism. Harper's
great-granddaughter, Katherine Scott Sturdevant, will present an illustrated narrative of his life. In her
presentation, Kathy integrates archival research, historical analyses, family oral tradition, documents,
artifacts, and personal recollection to share a rich experience of our local history.
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Katherine Scott Sturdevant, great-granddaughter of miners' union leader John
Harper, is Professor of History at Pikes Peak Community College, where she has taught history since 1986.
As a teacher and speaker, Kathy's specialization include American social, Colorado, western, women's,
Pikes Peak regional, and family history. She is a well-known local and national speaker, active in the local
history community, author of two books on the scholarly approach to doing family history, and has won
local, state, and national awards for teaching excellence.
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