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Biography

Name: Mary Harris Jones
Variant Name: Mother Jones
Birth Date: 1830
Death Date: November 30, 1930
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: labor activist

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Biography of Mary Harris Jones
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Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1830-1930) was an Irish immigrant who devoted her life to improving conditions of the working class. A vagabond agitator, she worked primarily among miners, supporting their strikes and urging them to unionize. The early...


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Mother Jones Quotes
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Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, rough hands. The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of the long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. The police gave them...


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Jones, Mary "Mother" Summary
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Born May 1, 1830 County Cork, Ireland Died November 30, 1930 Silver Spring, Maryland Fierce advocate for the rights of working people, especially coal miners Mary...
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Mary Harris “Mother” Jones Summary
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Mary Harris “Mother” Jones Born May 1, 1830 Cork, Ireland Died November 30, 1930 Silver Springs, Maryland Labor organizer As a child of Irish rebels, Mary Harris “Mother” Jones grew up understanding the injustices suffered by the...
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Mother Jones Information
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Mary Harris Jones (May 1 , 1830 or August 1, 1837 – November 30, 1930), better known as Mother Jones, was a prominent American labor and community organizer, a Wobbly, and a...


News and Journals
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Mother Jones
Mother Jones: The woman
05/01/2001: 1,526 words, approx. 5 pages
Mary Harris Jones, this magazine's namesake, crafted a persona that made her a legend among working people. So why is so little about Per remembered today? HPTON SINCLAIR knew Mother Jones. The author of the bestselling expose of the meatpacking industry, The Jungle,...
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The Washington Post
In Memory of Mother Jones
09/04/1989: 398 words, approx. 1 pages
She was once "the most dangerous woman in America." For close to half a century, coal miners from West Virginia to Colorado knew her as a fiery champion of organized labor in an era when picket lines were often met with bayonets. Today,...
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The New York Observer
Mother Jones Lures David Corn From The Nation
10/2/2007: 597 words, approx. 2 pages
“I think my bureau will be almost as big as the Time magazine bureau,” David Corn was telling The Observer on Monday afternoon, a kid-in-a-candy-store excitement in his voice. That morning, Mr. Corn—whose name for years has been synonymous with the Washington coverage of the...
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The New York Observer
Chris Hayes To Lead The Nation's DC Bureau
11/1/2007: 252 words, approx. 1 pages
Twenty-eight-year-old Christopher Hayes will be The Nation's new DC bureau editor, according to a memo sent to staff this afternoon.Mr. Hayes, who has spent the last year contributing regularly to The Nation as a Puffin Fellow at the Nation Institute, will replace David Corn,...
 


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A Biography of Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones)
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Provides an in depth personalized essay on nationally known labor organizer Mother Jones. Describes her early life in Ireland and discusses her emigration to America. Explores her attempts to organize the miners of West Virginia and Colorado.


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