Mother Jones – ‘The Most Dangerous Woman in America’

By Mary A. Moloney, marking 250 years of the USA Patty Hearst? Bonnie Parker? No, this was Mary Harris, a native of Shandon, Co. Cork, better known as Mother Jones, a prominent labour organiser, activist, and defiant supporter of workers’ and union rights. In 1903, Mary appeared in a West Virginia courtroom, charged with defying […]