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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871

Child Labor Laws

(Fire 1)

Child Protection

(Journal 2)

  • She fought for Child Labor Laws
  • It was 38 years later that any federal child labor laws were in effect
  • Children worked 60 hours a week for only $2 and $13 per week

Thoughts on children as miners

Interesting Facts about Jones

  • Mary was concerned about young children working at mines at such a young age

Early Adulthood

  • She opened her own dress shop when she moved back to Chicago after the death of her husband and children
  • Moved to Chicago and worked as a dressmaker in her early 20's then she moved to Memphis Tennessee
  • Mary lost everything in the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.
  • Before her death she continued to work with the miners and their families
  • Many young children had to work at mines instead of attending school
  • She made money by sewing for rich wealthy families
  • After she moved to Memphis she met and married George Jones.
  • After the fire Mary traveled around the world and noticed some big industrial changes around her.

(Journal 1)

(History 2)

  • Mary and George had 4 children.
  • She welcomed African American workers and involved women and children in strike.
  • Mary staged parades with young children who wanted to go to school not work in mines
  • George and Mary's four children died when the Yellow Fever epidemic struck in 1867. The Yellow Fever killed thousands of people.

(Aflcio 1)

Goals

Childhood

  • Born Mary Harris in Cork, Country Ireland
  • Immigrated to North America with her family to escape the Irish Famine

Background Information

  • However Historians have no idea when Mary was born they mark it between 1830 and 1844
  • The Death of her Family
  • Trained to become a dressmaker and teacher

(Aflcio 1)

  • Fitting in with the crowd

(Journal 1)

(History 1)

Obstacles

Works Cited

Mother Jones

1837-1930

"The most dangerous

women in America"

By Ariel and Shelbie Van Erp

http://www.aflcio.org/About/Our-History/Key-People-in-Labour-History/Mother-Jones-1837-1930

Sacrifices

Before she was arrested

http://www.socialwlefarehistory.com

http://www.google.com/search?=great+chicago+fire

http://www.bmwe.org/journal/1999/08aug/c03.htm

What makes Mother Jones a Peaceful Warrior?

http://www.nwhm.org/eduaction- resources/biography/biographies/mary-harris-mother-jones

(History 1)

  • Freedom
  • Life
  • Time
  • Her dressmaking job and her career as a teacher

(History 1)

http://ihscslnews.org

  • Mary attended a public school
  • She gave hope to the families who had nothing
  • Mary graduated from "Normal School" at the age 17
  • Mary went on and became a teacher in Michigan
  • She organized mothers and encouraged young daughters to strike against mining companies
  • She trained at Normal School for 1 year to become a dress maker and a teacher.

(History 2)

  • Fought for child labor laws

Mary standing with mining families

  • Organized parades for protesting children

(History 2)

(History 1)

Education

  • Fought for Child Labor Laws so that young children do not have to work at dangerous places such as the mines their fathers work at

Visions for the World

  • She wanted this law passed so that in the future families wouldn't have to send their child to the mines or other dangerous places to work

Poor families

  • Child Labor Laws are still in effect in the United States today.
  • Some foreign countries are still struggling with maintaining child labor laws

(News 1)

  • She became a successful dress maker, teacher, radical organizer, public speaker, leader, labor activists, and believer of hope
  • Organized children parades for protesting children

Accomplishments

  • Organized the wives of the miners to march on the street to keep the strikebreakers from entering the mines
  • She help found the Social Democratic party in 1898 and in 1905 the Industrial Workers of the World

What makes her a leader?

  • She started encouraging young children to fight against the mining companies
  • She made families come out of their shells to speak up for what they want

(History 1)

(Fembio 1)

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