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Mary Harris Jones, (“Mother Jones”) (1837–1930) was a militant fighter for workers rights and a supporter of the October 1917 Russian Revolution. In Pittsburgh in 1877 she helped organize what became known as the Great Railroad Strike. She then led hundreds of strikes, including those that were part of the...
Mary Harris Jones, (“Mother Jones”) (1837–1930) was a militant fighter for workers rights and a supporter of the October 1917 Russian Revolution. In Pittsburgh in 1877 she helped organize what became known as the Great Railroad Strike. She then led hundreds of strikes, including those that were part of the fight for the eight-hour day. In the early 1900s she helped in the effort to organize coal miners in West Virginia and Pennsylvania and participated in several industrial strikes on the East Coast. She continued to organize in the coalfields well into her nineties.</p><p> An extensive selection of her writings and speeches is collected in Mother Jones Speaks: Speeches and Writings of a Working-Class Fighter (1983).