John Mitchell (labor leader)
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John Mitchell was an American labor leader who served as the president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908.
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"Champion of Labor, Defender of Human Rights": John Mitchell statue on back side of Lackawanna County Courthouse in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Mother Jones
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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.
John Mitchell (labor leader)
…of America in 1890. He was elected District 12 secretary-treasurer in 1895. He was made an international union organizer in 1897 and worked alongside Mary Harris "Mother" Jones before being elected an international vice president the same year. Mother Jones later became disillusioned with him. According to her autobiography…
Jones in 1902
The Mother Jones Memorial near her birthplace
Pennsylvania state historical marker for Mother Jones in Coaldale, Schuylkill County
Jones at New York City Hall in 1915, where she was attending the hearings of the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations