Mother Jones routinely lied about her age. She did not live to be 100. But she claimed to be older than she was to play up the matronly figure she created for herself to represent American workers more effectively. On the day she turned "100,"...
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On September 30, 1899, Mary "Mother" Jones organized the wives and daughters of striking coal miners in Arnot, Pennsylvania to descend on the mine and intimidate the scabs working there..
On July 7, 1903, Mary "Mother" Jones launched the Children's Crusade in support of a Philadelphia textile strike and to raise awareness about the need to end child labor. Marching.
The only known recording of Mother Jones for your Thursday night. This is from an interview on what she claimed was her 100th birthday in 1930. She did exaggerate her age somewhat and when she died that year, it is thought she was actually 93.