A MIGHTY FORCE: Dr. Elizabeth Hayes and Her War for Public Health
One of the last battles of World War II was fought on the home front and lead by a woman, Hayes, a doctor for a coal company that owned the town of Force, Pennsylvania, where sewage was contaminating the drinking water. When the company refused to fix the problem, Hayes quit in protest while 350 miners struck in support of her, igniting a media storm.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 191
Publisher: Prometheus
Publishing status: Current
ISBN: 9781633887084
Item #: 4889924