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Mother Jones
(1830-1930)
Who Was Mother Jones?
Mother Jones' family left the devastation brought by the Irish Potato Famine and emigrated westward, first to Canada and then to America.
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Tragedy befell Jones when she lost her family to a yellow fever outbreak and then her home in the great Chicago fire. She went on to become a labor activist and was given the nickname “Mother Jones.” A champion of the working class, Jones was a campaigner for the United Mine Workers Union, founded the Social Democratic Party and helped establish the Industrial Workers of the World.
Early Life
Mother Jones was born Mary Harris Jones in 1830 in County Cork, Ireland. During her early years, she and her family fled the ravages of the Irish Potato Famine and moved to Toronto, Canada, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois.
She attended school in Toronto and began her career as a teacher and dressmaker to become a tireless fighter for the working class.
Mother Jones experienced many great personal traged