Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
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Mary Harris "Mother" Jones claimed to be 7 years older than she really was to give the impression she was your Mother. She called the workers "her boys"!
Waymark Code: WM8KZ7
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2010
Views: 6
Marker Text: 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!"
Marker Name: Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
County: Allegheny
Date Dedicated: 10/04/2003
Marker Type: City
Location: NE corner of 9th and Amity Sts., (at former municipal bldg.), Homestead
Category: Government & Politics 20th Century, Labor, Steel, Women
Website: [Web Link]
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