Mother Jones: The "Miners' Angel" - Part I
The nature of work and workers changed. Waves of immigrants and displaced farmers entered America's industrial workforce. All too often, they received starvation wages and worked under nightmarish conditions. "Within these men smoldered the sparks of class conflict which Mother Jones would fan for 50 years. To those workers, she would become an anchor to the past and an arrow toward a better future." Her skill lay in her ability to buoy the workers up and goad them to fight, even when the battle seemed hopeless.
To be Continued
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