Mary G. Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones from 1897 onward, was an American labor organizer, schoolteacher, and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She helped coordinate major strikes, secure bans on child labor, and co-founded the trade union Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
- Occupation
- teacher, trade unionist, human rights defender, writer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United States
- Born
- May 1, 1830
- Died
- November 30, 1930
