The March of the Mill Children, the three-week trek from Philadelphia to New York by striking child and adult textile workers launched on July 7, 1903, by Mary Harris “Mother”
Read MoreOn July 7, 1903, Mary Harris “Mother” Jones began the March of the Mill Children from Philadelphia to President Theodore Roosevelt’s Long Island summer home in Oyster
Read MoreIn this excerpt from her autobiography (1925), Mother Jones recounts her 1903 “Children’s Crusade,” in which she led child laborers in a march from Philadelphia to Oyster Bay,
Read MoreIn 1903, there were 10,000 textile mill child laborers on strike in Kensington, Pennsylvania. Mother Jones observed that many of the children were malnourished and missing hands or fingers .Jones was savvy, knowing
Read MoreMother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children Jonah Winter Random House Children's Books, Feb 25, 2020 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 40 pages A stunning picture book about
Read More2020year5month30day In 1903, Irish born Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, a socialist and labor organizer, travelled to Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During
Read MoreA stunning picture book about Mary “Mother” Jones and the 100 children who marched from Philadelphia to New York in a fiery protest against child labor. Here’s the inspiring story of the woman who raised her voice and
Read MoreMother Jones conceived the idea of a children's march from Philadelphia to Oyster Bay, New York, where Presi-dent Theodore Roosevelt was vacation-ing. Her intent was to
Read More2009year7month7day Labor organizer Mary Harris “Mother” Jones led the “March of the Mill Children” over 100 miles from Philadelphia to Pres. Theodore Roosevelt’s Long Island
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