Mary Harris Jones

Mary Harris Jones Mary Harris was born on May 1, 1830. She was born near Cork, Ireland. Her father got into some political trouble and had to move the family to Canada when she was eight years old. After high school Mary decided she wanted to be a schoolteacher and later moved to Tennessee in 1861. That is when she met George Jones and they got married. He was an Iron Molder like her father. In 1868, Marry Harris …

…investigation proved she was innocent. Jones was also involved in organizing workers in the mining strikes in Colorado in 1913 and 1923. This again led to her arrest and a nine-week spell in prison. Now aged eighty-three, Jones was deported but when she returned to the strike area she was once again imprisoned. She is famous for saying, “I can raise more hell in jail then out.” Soon after celebrating her 100th birthday, Mary Harris Jones died.