Autobiography of Mother Jones
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1925. First Edition. 8vo. 242 pp. 4 photographic plates. Edited by Mary Field Parton. Introduction by Clarence Darrow. Publisher's blue cloth with black lettering. Fading to spine else a fine copy. Item #23502
The autobiography of one of the most important and celebrated figures in the American labor movement. Mary Harris “Mother” Jones (1837–1930) became a legendary labor organizer, campaigning for miners, industrial workers, and especially against child labor. Her autobiography recounts her remarkable career as a labor agitator and organizer, including her involvement in major strikes and labor conflicts throughout the United States.
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