Mother Jones (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Elliott J. Gorn
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1837-1930
- Setting: The United States and Mexico
- Principal Characters: Mary Harris (“Mother”) Jones
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Social reform, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Women, Mexico or Mexicans, Central America or Central Americans, Latin America or Latin Americans, Labor unions, 1900’s, Activism
- Locales: United States, Mexico
To most twenty-first century readers, the name “Mother Jones” refers to a magazine, if it means anything at all. In the early part of the twentieth century, however, the name Mother Jones was well-known and beloved by the laboring class, and well-known and reviled by many corporate capitalists and government officials. Elliott J. Gorn’s book brings alive the life and times of the elderly woman who transcended societal expectations for her gender and class and became an early and influential labor radical.
Mother Jones began life as Mary Harris, second child in a poor family...
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