Who is Mother Jones?

  • (noun): United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930).
    Synonyms: Jones, Mary Harris Jones

Famous quotes containing the words jones and/or mother:

    “The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win.”
    —Mother Jones (1830–1930)

    “All my mother came into mine eyes
    And gave me up to tears.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)