Mary harris jones wiki

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (August 1, – November 30, ), born in Cork, Ireland, was a prominent American socialist, labor and community organizer, and a founder of the Industrial Workers of the World.

Quotes

• Get it straight, I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.
  • After being introduced as a "great humanitarian", as quoted in Mother Jones&#;: The Most Dangerous Woman in America‎ () by Elliott J. Gorn, p. 3.
• I don't care about political parties. inom went down to the Greenback parties, to the Populist party, in fact I went through them all. I found some of the parties most powerful weapons, but money interest prostitutes them all. Nowhere have you elected a man in this last election that represents you interests. I do not care what political party you put in power because we are of the economical power. We have the power to do and we will do it! They are not going to fool us there. It was not the political party that gained the eight hour d

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  The most famous female labor activist of the nineteenth century, Mary Harris Jones—aka “Mother Jones”—was a self-proclaimed “hell-raiser” in the cause of economic justice. She was so strident that a US attorney once labeled her “the most dangerous woman in America.”

  Born circa August 1, in County Cork, Ireland, Jones immigrated to Toronto, Canada, with her family at age five—prior to the potato famine with its waves of Irish immigrants.

  She first worked as a teacher in a Michigan Catholic school, then as a seamstress in Chicago. She moved to Memphis for another teaching job, and in married George Jones, a member of the Iron Molders Union. They had four children in six years. In , tragedy struck when her entire family died in a yellow fever epidemic; she dressed in black for the rest of her life.

  Returning to Chicago, Jones resumed sewing but lost everything she owned in the Great Chicago Fire of She funnen solace at Knights of Labor meetings, and in , took up the cause of worki

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  The Woman

  Mary Harris Jones, also known as Mother Jones, was a labor activist in the United States in the early s. A legend for organizing workers and advancing progressive causes, she is the inspiration for Mother Jones magazine, which started in To learn more about her, here is an article written by her biographer, Elliot Gorn (and published on Mother Jones’ 25th anniversary in ).

  The News Organization

  Mother Jones started as a nonprofit investigative magazine in , and today reaches millions of readers each month across its website, newsletters, social media, and videos. It is part of the Center for Investigative Reporting, which also produces the radio show and podcast Reveal. To learn more about Mother Jones, here is an article written by its co-founder, Adam Hochschild (and published on Mother Jones’ 25th anniversary in ).

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