mother jones

     

Mary Harris Jones (May 1, 1830 or August 1, 1837 – November 30, 1930), better known as Mother Jones, born in Cork, Irelan, was a prominent American labor and community organizer, a Wobbly, and a Socialist.

Trivia about mother jones

  • It's the social justice magazine named after a female labor leader of the 19th century
  • Pseudonym of labor activist & magazine namesake Mary Harris Jones
  • The woman for whom this magazine is named is called "orator, union organizer, and hellraiser" on its masthead
  • A left-wing American magazine bears the name of this labor union official born in Cork, Ireland in 1830
  • The 2 "mothers" in the hall are Mother Elizabeth Seton & Mary Harris, a labor leader known as this
  • A founder of the Industrial Workers of the World, she used the slogan "Join the union, boys"

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