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One
evening, as she was approaching her
100th year, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
was introduced to a college convocation
as "a great humanitarian". When she
took the podium she hollered "I'm
not a humanitarian, I'm a hell raiser."
Mother Jones was one of the most effective
organizers of her time. She organized
anti-child labor marches to Washington,
mine workers' unions, prison reform
groups and protests against the Spanish-American
war.
Mother Jones magazine was created
in 1976, in the spirit of Mary Harris
Jones. An award winning magazine of
investigative journalism, Mother Jones
is well known for its political reporting
and features on such issues as
breast cancer, as well as interviews
with feminists such Gloria Steinem
and Betty Friedan.
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