Mother Jones Monument - Mount Olive IL
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Mary Harris Jones, or "Mother Jones" as she was known, was an activist in labor and union politics both in Illinois and throughout the United States and Canada.
Waymark Code: WMJJKY
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2013
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Mary Harris Jones, or "Mother Jones" as she was known, was an activist in labor and union politics both in Illinois and throughout the United States and Canada. She fought hard for unions for miners so that they could be guaranteed decent and safe working conditions. She died in 1930 at the age of 100, and preceding this asked to be buried with "her boys" in the Union Miner's Cemetery in Mt. Olive.
County of Site: Macoupin County
Location of Site: Old Reservoir Rd. & Mt Olive Rd (IL 29), Union Miners Cemetery, Mt. Olive
This is also the grave site of Mother Jones and "General Alexander Bradley
Sculptor: Carl C. Gray
Architect: AL H. Gerhardt
Contractor: Ed H. Becker
Erected and dedicated: October 12, 1936
Erected by: The progressive Miners of America and Women's Auxiliary
There are several plaques on the monument - You can read most in the photo galley here is one's text:
MARY "MOTHER" JONES
When the Sun, in all his state,
Illumed the Eastern skis,
She passed through Glory's Morning Gate,
and walked in paradise.
Sleep the sleep of the noble blest,
For in life you sacrificed and gave
We pledge to fill your last request,
"Let no traitor breathe o'er my grave"
You have to spend time and be humbled in this place, and more to read:
Illinois Route 66 Illinois Labor History Socoety Little Know History Detours Illinois Archives