Jones, Mother, 1837-1930

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Union activist Mother Jones was born Mary Harris in Ireland and immigrated to the United States. She was a school teacher and married George Jones and had four children. By 1867, Jones had lost her family to a yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the 1870s, "Mother" Jones began her long involvement in the labor struggle, by participating in various strikes such as the Pittsburgh Labor Riots (1877), the Western Virginia Anthracite Coal Strike (1902), and the Colorado Coal Field and Arizona Copper Field organization movements. She also led the Children Textile Workers March from Philadelphia to Teddy Roosevelt's home in Oyster Bay, Long Island (1902).

She helped found the International Workers of the World (IWW) in 1905 and was particularly associated with the United Mine Workers and the Socialist Party of America. She gained prominence while organizing men, women, and children which contributed to long-sought reforms in child-labor and mine safety. She was active into the 1920s and published The Autobiography of Mother Jones in 1925. She died 30 November 1930 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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referencedIn Germer, Adolph, 1881-. Oral history interview with Adolph Germer, 1960. Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
referencedIn Powderly, Terence Vincent, 1849-1924. The papers of Terence Vincent Powderly. Catholic University of America
referencedIn Utah National Guard. Carbon County coal strike records, 1903-1904; 1909. Utah. Division of Archives and Records Service
referencedIn Littledale, Clara Savage, 1891-1956. Papers, 1903-1982 (inclusive), 1903-1956 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Biography Collection MS 393., 1771-1995, 1920-1970 Sophia Smith Collection
referencedIn Mitchell, John, 1870-1919. Papers, 1885-1919. [microfilm]. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Correspondence of Mother Jones National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Guide to the Theresa Branstetter Taft Papers, 1911-1934 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Hamlin, Joanne. Papers, 1975. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Morgan, Thomas J. Papers, 1892-1939 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
referencedIn Dollinger, Genora Johnson. Individual labor activists. California State University, Long Beach
creatorOf Turner, John Kenneth, 1879-1948. Letter, 1913 Apr. 10, Charleston, W. Va. [to] Fred D. Warren [Girard, Kan.]. Pittsburg State University, Leonard H. Axe Library
creatorOf Jones, Mother, 1837-1930. The Mother Jones papers. Catholic University of America
referencedIn Feeney, William P. Papers of William P. Feeney, 1912-1980, (bulk 1912-1939). University of Pittsburgh
creatorOf Turner, John Kenneth, 1879-1948. Letter, 1913 May 8, Central Valley, N.Y. [to] Fred D. Warren, Girard, Kan. / John Kenneth Turner. Pittsburg State University, Leonard H. Axe Library
referencedIn Morgan, Thomas John, 1847-1912. Papers, 1892-1939. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn Petitions and Memorials, 1870 - 1946 National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Doyle, Edward Lawrence, 1886-. Papers, 1890-1943 [microform]. Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf Green, William, 1870-1952. William Green papers [microform], 1891-1952. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
referencedIn University of California, Berkeley. New Left pamphlet collection, 1893-1973 and undated. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Sophia Smith Collection. Biography collection, 1771-1995 (bulk 1920s-70s). Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Charles H. Kerr Company. Charles H. Kerr Company records, 1885-1999. Newberry Library
referencedIn Green, Archie. Archie Green papers, 1944-2009. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Petitions and Memorials, 1870 - 1946 National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Jones, Mother, 1837-1930. Mother Jones letters to Mrs. Conroy concerning strike involvement in Colorado, 1911. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Turner, John Kenneth, 1879-1948. Letter, 1913 Apr. 17, Charleston, W. Va. [to] Fred D. Warren, Girard, Kan. / John Kenneth Turner. Pittsburg State University, Leonard H. Axe Library
creatorOf Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council. Chicago Federation of Labor records, ca. 1890-1983. Chicago History Museum
referencedIn She's Nobody's Baby collection, 1980-1987 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Colorado Prospector : historical highlights from early day newspapers, v. 22, n. 1, 1991 Jan. Boulder Public Library
referencedIn Malcolm, Joseph Wallace, 1918-,. Oral history interview with Joseph Wallace Malcolm, [sound recording] / interviewed by June Holmes, 1990. Boulder Public Library
referencedIn Slide Presentation, ca. 1975 - ca. 1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Economic History of Indiana in the Twentieth Century, 1976-1980 Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
referencedIn Jones, Mother Harry S. Truman Library
referencedIn Litizzette, S. V. Biographical sketch of Caterina Pessetto Bottino. Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society
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