Mary Harris “Mother” Jones (1st August 1837 – 1930) was an Irish-born American labour organizer, schoolteacher and dressmaker,
She opened a dressmaking shop in Chicago, but lost everything in the great fire of 1871. Four years earlier she had already lost her entire family: her husband and four children had all died of yellow fever. After the fire she turned for assistance to the Knights of Labor, and was attracted by their campaign to improve the conditions of the workers. Within a few years she became a labour organizer, activist, and a founder of the Industrial Workers of the World. Known in the United States as a fiery agitator for the union rights of coal miners (she was called “the miner’s angel”) and other workers she was considered by the authorities to be “one of the most dangerous women in America”
“I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.”
“I believe that no man who holds a leader’s position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.”
“Reformation, like education, is a journey, not a destination”

Mary Harris “Mother” Jones (1 agosto 1837-1930) fu un’organizzatrice del lavoro, insegnante e sarta americana di origine irlandese.
Aprì una sartoria a Chicago, ma perse tutto nel grande incendio del 1871. Quattro anni prima aveva già perso tutta la sua famiglia: il marito e i quattro figli erano tutti morti di febbre gialla. Dopo l’incendio si rivolse ai Cavalieri del Lavoro e rimase attratta dalla loro campagna per il miglioramento delle condizioni dei lavoratori. In pochi anni divenne un’organizzatrice sindacale, attivista e fondatrice degli Industrial Workers of the World. Conosciuta negli Stati Uniti come focosa agitatrice per i diritti sindacali dei minatori di carbone (venina chiamata “l’angelo del minatore”) e di altri lavoratori, era considerata dalle autorità “una delle donne più pericolose d’America”.
“Una volta chiesi a un uomo in prigione come mai fosse lì e mi rispose di aver rubato un paio di scarpe. Gli dissi che se avesse rubato una ferrovia sarebbe diventato un senatore degli Stati Uniti”.
“Credo che nessun uomo che ricopra una posizione di leader dovrebbe mai accettare favori da nessuna delle parti. Se li accetta si impegna a elargire favori. Un leader deve stare da solo”.
“Le riforme, come l’istruzione, sono un viaggio, non una meta”
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Thanks a lot for reblogging!🔨🎗️🔨
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Ottime le affermazioni che hai pubblicato, cara Luisa 🌹. I politici però sono analfabeti e non li leggeranno mai.
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E penso che neppure li abbiano mai letti ❣️
Buona settimana
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Dici che preferiscono non sapere e non vedere? Buona settimana anche a te 🤗
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Wow! What an amazing personality! Mary Harris Jones is an inspiring lady. I admire her courage and determination to fight for the welfare of the laborers,especially, the miners. It wasn’t an easy task to take on such a challenge but she proved herself despite the male domination in those days and created history. Thank you so much, dear Luisa for sharing such an interesting article on a wonderful woman and her quotes are witty and fabulous. Love this one so much❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊.
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Thank you so much, Aparna, for your warm appreciation. You are definitely right: Mother Jones was a great Woman and Fighter for the rights of those who were not heard or had no voice🙏🌷🙏
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☺☺☺☺👌👌👌. Awesome post of the day.
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You are so kind 😘😘😘
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Ammirevole!!!!
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Grazie, Paola, e buona settimana ❤️
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Luisa ! Let us start with the third quote . Education is a journey not a destination . Fact is that the Education is a journey towards infinity . And our destination is how to be a good human being . And Mother Mary Harris Jones was not wrong when she said to the prisoner that—had he stolen a Railroad he would have been a Senator in the United States . She , as a labor union leader , did a marvelous work which , on her way to the journey of education , made her an all time great human being who could understand and interpret labour’s sufferings in a very satirical way which her all the three quotes revealed . Thanks !
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I thank you, as always, for these wise reflections.
It was the way she cared for the workers that inspired them to nickname her “Mother.”💙
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Thanks . And Mother spelling has been mistyped in my comments . Please read it correctly .
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I corrected it.
You can’t even imagine how many typos I make when I write
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Thanks !
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Thank you, Luisa, for your humanitarian thoughts about the American activist, Mary Harris Jones. I am glad to learn about her.
Joanna
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She was a great activist; she was also an active proponent of legislation to prohibit child labour
Thank you for your kindness, Joanna
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You are more than welcome.
Joanna
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🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹
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Those quotes should be required reading for today’s politicians. They seem not to know anything but greed and power. Happy Monday Luisa. Allan
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You are right, Allan, but they are so full of themselves that they would not be able to see themselves called into question when it comes to the vices of leaders
Happy Monday to you!
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Thank you very much for appreciating and reblogging 🌹🙏🌹
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Lo stare da solo. Vale anche per le donne che intendano amministrare, gestire in forme cooperative (le uniche che sento degne associate e associandole alla gestione e non al dominio) un se separato ma capace di interagire proprio in quanto separato, come scrissi nell’acronimo a cui facevo riferimento con la separazione, solo così si può entrare in con-tatto senza essere fagocitate/i in dinamiche gerarchizzanti e gerarchiche e sviluppando empatia, e quella è indispensabile. Grazie Luisa per questo post.
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il dominio prevede un “uno” al comando, una gestione plurima no, e mette anche in evidenza le specificità di ogni persona se ben condotta.
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Grazie a te per questa riflessione! 🙏🙏🙏
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She is one of my heroes,
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I am really happy to know your great appreciation for Mother Jones
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Solo i ladruncoli finiscono in gabbia.
I veri ladri sono sempre liberi.
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Purtroppo è, ed è sempre stato, così
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In Italia la disparità in fatto di giustizia è aberrante. Il potente riesce sempre e dico sempre a farla franca, anche se lo pizzicano come si direbbe “con le mani nella marmellata”. La persona comune, quella che magari non riesce ad arrivare alla fine del mese e che quindi andrebbe più tutelata ed aiutata, sconta sempre la colpa. Il metro di giudizio, in Italia, è sconosciuto: due pesi e due misure, 🤦♀️.
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Sai che cosa aveva detto in un discorso di oltre cent’anni fa (1920)?
“Se avete mai visto un poliziotto con un randello in mano, voglio chiedervi, avete mai visto quel poliziotti randellare un milionario? Ma se si tratta di un lavoratore, allora lo si sente dire “Vattene da qui, maledetto, va’ in galera, maledetto”
(• If you ever saw a policeman with a club in his hand, I want to ask you, did you ever see that policeman club a millionaire? But it is “Get out of here, damn you, go on to jail, damn you,” if it is a working man.)
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Parole che racchiudono un’amara verità su come va il mondo della giustizia. A certe cose non ci s’abitua mai ma verrà il giorno in cui anche i più potenti saranno giudicati per quanto fatto e il giudizio, almeno in questo caso, non verrà dai loro simili ma da qualcuno di molto più potente e più giusto.
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Vero! ⚖️
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She was epic. I didn’t know anything about her so thank you.
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Thank you so much: your words mean a lot to me💞
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Ooh, way too much truth ~ and told with love as well… A dangerous woman indeed!
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👍really dangerous!!!!
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Ya, get out the BIG guns 🙄🤪
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Grazie per avermi creato un collegamento al mio post 🙏
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Troppo bella la storia delle scarpe. Non ho potuto fare a meno di… menzionarti.
Buona serata.
Quarc
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Grazie infinite, Quarc.
Corro a leggere il post
Buona serata 👞👞
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Inspiring story.
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It’s inspiring to read of people who strive to assist others in spite of so much personal heartache. This heroine didn’t wallow in her own misery but continued to use her energy for the good of the world.
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She was an exceptional person, and perhaps it was her personal tragedies that made her so involved and active in trying to solve the problems of others.🌷
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Now I know where the Mother Jones magazine got its name. What a woman! Her personal tragedy made her stronger and better able to connect in meaningful ways with the oppressed of her world.
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I completely agree with you. I, too, think that grief-stricken people are the most likely to do anything to alleviate the suffering of others🙏
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Mother Jones must have been a remarkable woman and she is quite right about leaders needing to stand alone. I don’t know of any who do and they say that by the time they get to an office of some importance they owe favours to so many people that their integrity is shredded.
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I completely agree with you- It is one of the evils of power or politics all over the world
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Buona giornata cara Luisa ❤
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Anche a te!
Un abbraccio🤗
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What a love. Thanks for sharing Luisa.
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Thank you very much! I am happy that you liked it! ❤️💙❤️
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Thanks a lot for linking and reblogging this post on your website.
Much appreciated🙏🌹🙏
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🙏🙏🙏
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gli americani hanno sempre visto col fumo negli chi si dedica ai lavoratori perché disturba il quieto vivere dei ricconi
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Hai proprio ragione, ma forse capita anche da noi dove i manager di grandi aziende guadagnano anche 600 volte lo stipendio di un lavoratore
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tutto mondo è paese
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👍💙
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Lovely sentiment for me as I start another school head. It’s an honor and privilege to be one of the guides on that journey.
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Congratulations on your new journey, which you will surely take on with enthusiasm and wisdom
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Thank you. 💜
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You’re highly welcome!
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Che grande Donna!
E dire che la vita non è stata clemente con lei …
Le va la mia ammirazione anche per aver reagito con così tanta forza.
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Una donna forte perché ha saputo reagire, e generosa, perché fortemente motivata ad aiutare gli altri❤️❤️❤️
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A beautiful post thank you so much
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Pleasure is all mine.
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