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Mother Jones visits Debs
The Mother Jones Heritage Project has been developing ties with the Eugene V. Debs Foundation, just as Mother Jones and Debs did in the past. The Midwest orbit from Terre Haute to Chicago and Mount...
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Kate Klimut & Jim Schoppman Bring Talent, Commitment & Heritage To Mother...
Early this year, Marc Albrecht, an old friend from St. Louis and an Illinois Education Association representative for Mt. Olive, contacted me to suggest I contact Kate Klimut and Jim Schoppman, who I...
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Lump of Coal
I’ve been thinking about Santa Claus and the lump of coal threat from folklore. Thinking about it in relationship to this month, which is the anniversary of one of the highest miner death tolls in a...
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Auld Lang Syne to Four We Lost This year
At year’s end, we pause to reflect on those we have lost and commemorate their lives. John Keiser John Keiser, a native of Mt. Olive who did so much to keep the spirit-thread of history of the area...
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Bloomington’s Wildest Union Night a Century Ago
Bloomington, Illinois had its wildest labor night a century ago, July 5, 1917, with famed labor organizer Mary “Mother Jones” (1837-1930) stoking striking transit workers. A night of mayhem brought...
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Coalfield/Mother Jones Marker & Indoor Exhibit, Illinois Humanities grant
The marker, unveiled. It is on a temporary installation footing. Final installation later this week. Credit: Joseph Rathke. More photos in gallery at end of blog. We are proud to announce our new I-55...
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The Spirit of Two Irish Rebelwomen, 1918 & 2018
One hundred years ago, Mother Jones and Irish feminist rebel Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington spoke at a what was considered a subversive meeting in San Francisco, on a mission to free an Irish-American...
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Ireland’s Ambassador Visits Mother Jones Monument
Daniel Mulhall, Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States, was in St. Louis last week. An unexpected break in his schedule allowed an opportunity, arranged by Brian O’Brien, Ireland’s Consul General to...
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Women of Labor at Mother Jones Monument
Since 2015, Mother Jones has become a growing part of the Regina V. Polk Women’s Leadership Conference, one of the great educational experiences available to emerging women labor activists in Illinois,...
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Our exciting recent events update
Mother Jones’ address was like her shoes. We were on the move this spring!! Here is a gallery of images from December 11, 2018 to May 1, 2019. See all about the coalfield marker/tour app; Siasma na...
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