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Monday, May 1, 2006
'Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.'
A big magpie welcome to visitors from Carnival of Feminists 14! May 1, 1830 is the day generally celebrated as the birthday of Mary Harris Jones, better known to the world as the hellraiser and labor organizer 'Mother Jones.' In her long life, Mother Jones was a tireless agitator, labor organizer, and advocate for the poor and dispossessed. She was especially well known for her agitation and organizing among US miners in Colorado and West Virginia. Those organizing skills led one government official to call her 'the most dangerous woman in America.' ![]() Mary Harris 'Mother' Jones, 1830?1930. Writing in 1907, labor leader and Socialist Party presidential candidate Eugene Debs wrote a tribute to Mother Jones for the Appeal to Reason, in which he could not say enough about Mother Jones' contributions to the US labor movement: From the time of the Pullman strike in 1894, when she first came into prominence, she has been steadily in the public eye. With no desire to wear "distinction's worthless badge," utterly forgetful of self and scorning all selfish ambitions, this brave woman has fought the battles of the oppressed with a heroism more exalted than ever sustained a soldier upon the field of carnage.... ![]() Leading a protest march in Trinidad, Colorado [c. 1903]. This excerpt from chapter XI of Mother Jones' Autobiography gives a good idea of how she got her reputation as such a tenacious organizer: Lattimer [Pennsylvania] was an eye-sore to the miners. It seemed as if no one could break into it. Twenty-six organizers and union men had been killed in that coal camp in previous strikes. Some of them had been shot in the back. The blood of union men watered the highways. No one dared go in. There are links to lots more about Mother Jones here. You can read her Autobiography online here. While it's good reading, don't take it as gospel truth Mother Jones used her autobiography as much as an organizing tool and to reinforce her own legend as to tell the facts about her life. A very readable alternative and a far more accurate account of Mother Jones' life is Elliott Gorm's 2001 biography, Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America. There's an excellent review of the book here and other one here. | | Posted by Magpie at 12:29 AM | Get permalink |
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