Mother+Jones



Mary Harris Jones was an Irish immigrant who came to the reform movement early on in her life. Her husband was an iron woker and her four children died of yellow fever. She lost all of her things in the Great Chicago Fire. In the labor movement, “Mother Jones,” as she came to be called, found her life's work. Across the country, she organized unions for workers, both men and women. A tireless worker, Jones became best known for organizing unions in the mines of West Virginia and Colorado. These mines had some of the worst working conditions. Company resistance to unions would often turn violent. In her late eighties, Jones gave fiery speeches at rallies, uttering her famous call, “Join the union, boys!”

Imformation provided By- America Pathways to the Present(Chp. 11 Section 1.)

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