![]() ![]() The family then moved to Canada, where Mary went to public school. The family followed Robert Harris to America, where he had fled after taking part in a revolt against the landowners. Slowly the cause of his children becomes the cause of all.Slowly those who create wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor’s strong, rough hands."īorn Mary Harris in 1837 in County Cork, Ireland, young Mary Harris was the daughter of Mary Harris and Robert Harris. Her father worked as a hired hand and the family lived on the estate where he worked. Harris Jones (baptized 1837 died 1930), known as Mother Jones, was an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent. Slowly, his standard of living rises to include some of the good and beautiful things of the world. Slowly his hours are shortened, giving him leisure to read and to think. ![]() Notable Quote: "In spite of oppressors, in spite of false leaders, in spite of labor’s own lack of understanding of its needs, the cause of the worker continues onward.Children: Four children (all of whom died in a yellow fever epidemic).Published Works: The New Right, Letter of Love and Labor, Autobiography of Mother Jones.Aug(although she claimed as her birth date) in County Cork, Ireland the Miner's Angel, Mary Harris, Mary Harris Jones Also Known As: Mother of All Agitators.Known For: Radical political activist, orator, organizer of mine worker union, co-founder of the International Workers of the World. ![]()
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