Happy birthday, Mother Jones (August 1, 1837 - Nov. 30, 1930)

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http://zinnedproject.org/materials/mother-jones-labor-organizer/

"Following these twin shocks, Jones spent the second half of her life involved in the labor movement. From the 1890s though the 1920s she worked tirelessly as a political “hell-raiser,” advancing social and political causes such as the abolition of child labor, and organizing the United Mine Workers. In 1905 she helped found the International Workers of the World (IWW).

Coal miners and their families called her “the miner’s angel” and, after she began referring to the miners as “her boys,” she took on the nickname “Mother” Jones. A charismatic speaker, she was adept at staging public events to get publicity for striking workers, and her physical courage was legendary. Opponents called her “the most dangerous woman in America,” but when she was denounced on the floor of the U.S. Senate as “the grandmother of all agitators,” she said she hoped to live long enough to be the great-grandmother of all agitators."

[Hoyt]

1. A great reminder, and thanks for pointing out Zinn's project website.

Very cool.

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2. I know it is late, but I just saw it on FB

and then I thought, hey, I never saw this on DU.

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3. dang I thought this icon of the left

would be more popular here

then again, it is labor, after all