1837 Mary Harris is born in Cork, Ireland (Mother Jones used as her birthdate, but records reveal the later date)ġ857 She attends teachers college in Canadaġ859 Mary Harris moves to Chicago to become a dressmakerġ860 Mary Harris leaves Chicago, moves to Memphis, Tennesseeġ861 Mary Harris marries George Jones, skilled laborer and activistġ867 In Memphis, George and all four of Mary’s children die in the Yellow Fever epidemicġ871 The Great Chicago fire destroys Mary Harris Jones dressmaking businessġ880s Mary Harris Jones joins the Knights of Laborġ890’s Mary Harris Jones transforms herself into Mother Jones, joins UMWA, begins to organize coal minersġ894 Mary Jones witnesses the brutal working conditions for children working in clothing mills and she solicited help for Coxey’s Army of unemployed as they traveled from Kansas City to Washington, D.C.ġ897 Mary Jones works in Pittsburgh to support workers during the nationwide coal strikeġ899 Mary Jones organizes miners’ wives into “mop and broom” brigades to halt strikebreakersġ900 The United Mine Workers of America president John Mitchell hires Mary Harris Jones.
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