Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, the union agitator, won the hearts of many strikers with her enthusiastic speeches on their behalf. Some strikers described her as an “angel,” but Gen. John Chase called her “a very headstrong old woman . . . an eccentric and peculiar figure.” | Source: From the Library of Congress. “‘Mother’ Jones -- #1,” available at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3a10320/.Download Original File
