“The grandmother of labor — and the coal barons’ worst nightmare.”
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From a coal camp cabin to country music royalty… that’s the power of these mountains.

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Beloved icon, Appalachian to her core, built Dollyworld and the Imagination Library, turned mountain hardship into worldwide music.
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