I am not afraid of the pen or the scaffold or the sword. I will tell the truth whenever I please.
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Mother Jones was a 19th-century American american labor organizer. Mary G. Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones from 1897 onward, was an Irish-born American labor organizer, former schoolteacher, and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. Read more on Wikipedia →

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