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Mother Jones

The "Grandmother of All Agitators," Mother Jones was an American labor leader and a Wobbly (International Workers of the World).   She lost her husband and four children to yellow fever and then dedicated her life to improving the wages and conditions of workers.

She was instrumental in organizing coal miners, including at Ludlow, which led to the Colorado National Guard slaughtering 20 civilians in the Ludlow Massacre: Louis Tikas. Age: 30; James Fyler. Age: 43; John Bartolotti. Age: 45; Charlie Costa. Age: 31; Fade-in Costa. Age: 27; Onafrio Costa. Age: 4; Frank Rubino. Age: 23; Patria Valdez. Age: 37; Eulala Valdez. Age: 8; Mary Valdez. Age: 7; Elvira Valdez. Age: 3; Mo. Joe Petrucci. Age: 4½; Lucy Petrucci. Age: 2½ Yrs; Frank Petrucci. Age: 4 Months; William Snyder Jr. Age: 11; Rodgerlo Pedregone. Age: 6 Yrs; Cloriva Pedregone. Age: 4 Yrs.

"On their side the workers had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets."

"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."

"The next generation will not charge us for what we've done; they will charge and condemn us for what we have left undone."

"I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser."

"Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living."

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