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The Autobiography of Mother Jones by Mother Jones, 1925. Labor organizer Mother Jones worked tirelessly for economic justice. Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1837–1930) was an Irish-American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent labor and community organizer. She then helped coordinate major strikes and cofounded the Industrial Workers of the World.
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Published
July 2nd 2014
by Mother Jones
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Thanks for the first-reads giveaway. This is a 4-star rating for the interesting content. The writing is blunt and straightforward. No particular literary merit, but the style suits the content and is a testament to the fact that a basic education provided a lot more back in the 1800s than it does today.
The perspective of Mary Harris, who came to be known at the labor leader Mother Jones, as someone who nursed her husband and four children as they died one by one during the yellow fever epidemi ...more
The perspective of Mary Harris, who came to be known at the labor leader Mother Jones, as someone who nursed her husband and four children as they died one by one during the yellow fever epidemi ...more
Anyone interested in late 19th and early 20th century labor organizing needs to read Mother Jones" autobiography, written at age 95. Still had fire in her belly as she looked back on her turbulent times in the coal fields and factories and factory towns, organizing. Fearless. Totally and utterly fearless, and a true believer in the IWW principles. For that matter, anyone should read these pages and weep for all the blood, sweat and tears laid down to make for better lives for the workers, as the
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The writing is not brilliant - but her matter-of-fact-ly account of the labour struggle is really worth reading.
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Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1830–1930) is one of the great legends of American progressive politics. After losing her own family to yellow fever, Mary Jones found in the lives of the downtrodden a new family to nurture and support. She did this for seventy years as a trade union organizer, a feminist, and a campaigner against child labor in America.
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