Mary Harris Jones

†November 30, 1930

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Mary G. Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones from 1897 onward, was an American labor organizer, schoolteacher, and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She helped coordinate major strikes, secure bans on child labor, and co-founded the trade union Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

Irish-born American labor and community organizer (1837–1930)

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