Fighting for Dignity: The Ginger Goodwin Story

220 Pages·2004·13.002 MB·English

by  Roger Stonebanks

FIGHTING
FOR DIGNITY
The Ginger Goodwin Story
Roger Stonebanks

FIGHTING FOR DIGNITY:
THE GINGER GOODWIN STORY

FIGHTING FOR DIGNITY:
THE GINGER GOODWIN STORY
Roger Stonebanks
St. John's: Canadian Committee on Labour History
Copyright © 2004 Canadian Committee on Labour History
All rights reserved
Canadian Committee on Labour History
Faculty of Arts Publications, FM2005
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's
ISBN 1-894000-06-4
Manuscript was prepared for the printer by the staff of the
Canadian Committee on Labour History
Printed and bound in Canada
Cover design by Helen Houston
Mural by Frank Lewis
National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Stonebanks, Roger
Fighting For Dignity: the Ginger Goodwin Story/ Roger
Stonebanks.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-894000-06-4
1. Goodwin, Ginger. 2. Trade-unions-Coal miners-British
Columbia-Officials and employees-Biography. 3. Labor leaders-
British Columbia-Biography. I. Canadian Committee on Labour
History. II. Title.
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"If there is no struggle,
there is no progress."
Frederick O. Douglass
(1817-1895)
(U.S. social reformer who championed
emancipation for blacks and rights for women)
For Helen, for her love and support,
and for having the idea to write about Goodwin's life
as well as his death.
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 - The Boy from Bole Hill 5
Chapter 2 - The New World 21
Chapter 3 - The Big Strike, 1912-14 36
Chapter 4 - The War Begins 55
Chapter 5 - Goodwin in Action 64
Chapter 6 - The Killing 90
Chapter 7 - From General Strike to Courtroom 108
Chapter 8 - Murder, Conspiracy, Manslaughter,
Self-defence, Or, Panic-Reaction? 126
Chapter 9 - "Gentlemen of the Jury:
What is Your Verdict?" 136
Epilogue 164
Acknowledgements 184
Bibliography 187
Index 199
Ginger Goodwin, 1887-1918. This photograph was likely taken in 1916 or
1917. The location is uncertain. Cumberland Museum and Archives,
CI 10-002.