Nom légal: Jones, Mary Harris
Autres noms: Jones, Mother
Date de naissance: 1837-08-01
1830-05-01
Date de décès: 1930-11-30
Lieu de sépulture: Union Miners Cemetery, Mount Olive, Illinois
Sexe: female
Nationalité: Ireland (birth)
UK
USA
Pays (pour la carte): USA
Lieux de résidence: Cork, Ireland
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Professions: labor organizer
lecturer
social reformer
Organisations: Industrial Workers of the World (co-founder, 1905)
Courte biographie: Mary Harris Jones, who used the nickname "Mother Jones," became a union organizer and popular public speaker after losing her husband and children to a yellow fever epidemic and her dressmaking business to the Great Chicago Fire. She was once called "the most dangerous woman in America."

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Autobiography of Mother Jones par Mary Harris Jones

She's my #1 hero in history.

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mitchtroutman | 2 autres critiques | Jun 14, 2020 |

The Autobiography of Mother Jones par Mary Harris Jones

A shocking account of the lives of working families in the USA and how they were ruthlessly exploited by their Wealthy bosses.
A Story of workers oppression, forced losses of health, dire working conditions, narrow lives created by the likes of Rockerfeller who did not care for his workers.
An eye opener. If you think we don't need Unions read this book.

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wonderperson | 2 autres critiques | Mar 30, 2013 |

The Autobiography of Mother Jones par Mary Harris Jones

Mother Jones was one of the first union activists, focusing primarily on miners. She was not a writer. But it was interesting to read her words about her activities. It's amazing that she lived to be so old--I would have expected someone from the mine companies to have killed her early in the game. But I guess they realized, as she did, that the miners thought so highly of her, and her agitating would be nothing compared to the uprising that would come if anything happened to her. There is included a lengthy introduction by [[Fred Thompson]] "to help the reader find documented descriptions of the events in which she had been involved," which is very helpful. She was a determined woman, a bit crazy and foolhardy, but probably a key reason for the eventual success of miners' unions.… (plus d'informations)

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tloeffler | 2 autres critiques | Jan 29, 2012 |

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