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Mary G. Harris Jones (1837 (baptized) – November 30, 1930), known as Mother Jones from 1897 onward, was an Irish-born American labor organizer, former schoolteacher, and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist.
2 de abr. de 2014 · Known as the miner's angel, Mother Jones became an active campaigner for the United Mine Workers Union. A political progressive, she was a founder of the Social Democratic Party in 1898.
30 de abr. de 2024 · Mother Jones (born May 1, 1830, Cork, Ireland—died November 30, 1930, Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.) was a labour organizer, widely known in the United States as a fiery agitator for the union rights of coal miners and other workers.
Mary Harris “Mother” Jones was a fearless fighter for workers’ rights. When she was mocked as the “grandmother of all agitators,” in the U.S. Senate, Mother Jones replied that she would someday like to be called “the great-grandmother of all agitators.”
Mary Harris Jones, this magazine’s namesake, crafted a persona that made her a legend among working people. So why is so little about her remembered today? By Elliot J. Gorn. May/June 2001 issue....
Mary Harris, más conocida como Mother Jones y como "Grandmother of agitators" ( Cork, Irlanda; 1 de agosto de 1837 1 - Silver Spring, Maryland, Estados Unidos; 30 de noviembre de 1930) fue una profesora de escuela y costurera estadounidense nacida en Irlanda quien se convirtió en una prominente organizadora sindical y comunitaria.
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.”
