Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

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Mary Harris "Mother" Jones was a prominent Irish-born American labor and community organizer known for her fiery activism on behalf of miners, child workers, and the broader labor movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf Irish American
human
labor organizer
political activist
trade unionist
activeYears early 20th century
late 19th century
affiliation Industrial Workers of the World NERFINISHED
Socialist Party of America NERFINISHED
birthName Mary G. Harris NERFINISHED
burialPlace Illinois NERFINISHED
Mount Olive NERFINISHED
Union Miners Cemetery NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1837-08-01
dateOfDeath 1930-11-30
employer Knights of Labor NERFINISHED
United Mine Workers of America NERFINISHED
familyName Harris NERFINISHED
givenName Mary NERFINISHED
hasHonor induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame
inspired naming of the magazine Mother Jones
knownFor Children's Crusade march of 1903 NERFINISHED
organizing during the Colorado Coalfield War
public speeches advocating militant unionism
support for the Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912–1913
movement labor movement
socialism in the United States
trade union movement
nickname Mother Jones NERFINISHED
notableFor advocacy for workers' rights
campaigns against child labor
labor organizing among coal miners
organizing mine workers in the United States
occupation dressmaker
labor organizer
schoolteacher
placeOfBirth Cork NERFINISHED
County Cork NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Maryland NERFINISHED
Silver Spring NERFINISHED
United States of America
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Chicago NERFINISHED
Illinois NERFINISHED
Memphis NERFINISHED
Tennessee NERFINISHED
spouse George E. Jones NERFINISHED
subjectOf Mother Jones (magazine) NERFINISHED

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The Appeal to Reason notableContributor Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
subject surface form: Appeal to Reason