Mary Harris Jones
(1837-1930)

Mary Harris 'Mother' Jones. Labor leader, workers' advocate. Arrested and jailed in Homestead for speaking to striking steelworkers, 1919. When a judge asked who gave her a permit to speak publicly, she replied, "Patrick Henry. Thomas Jefferson. John Adams!"

NE corner of 9th and Amity Sts., (at former municipal bldg.), Homestead, PA, United States where they was arrested (1919)

Mother Jones (1830-1930). Mary Harris Jones began the March of the Factory Children here, July 1903, to dramatize the need for child labor legislation. Born in Ireland, Jones was an organizer and inspiring presence in the U.S. coal, steel, and textile labor movements.

N Broad St. & JFK Blvd., N side of City Hall, Philadelphia, PA, United States where they was (1903)

Mary Harris 'Mother' Jones. Labor leader, worker advocate. In October 1900 she led a march of 2,000 women from McAdoo to Coaldale to aid a six - week strike called in September by the United Mine Workers of America for higher wages, recognition, and a grievance process. Many mineworkers stopped work and joined the union. Concessions by anthracite coal operators and unmet union demands resulted in the anthracite coal strike of 1902.

Rte. 209 & 1st Street, Coaldale, PA, United States where they was (1900)

Mary Harris 1837 – 1930 known as Mother Jones, campaigner for workers rights, opponent of child labour, champion of American mineworkers, was born on the northside of Cork and baptised at the nearby North Cathedral on 1st August 1837 "Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living"

John Redmond Street, Cork, Ireland where they was baptised (1837)