USA HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who helped organize major strikes and co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World?
A
Andrew Carnegie
B
Mary Harris Jones
C
Samuel Gompers
D
Lewis Latimer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mary Harris “Mother” Jones rose to prominence as a fiery orator and fearless organizer for the Mine Workers during the first two decades of the 20th century. Her voice had great carrying power. Her energy and passion inspired men half her age into action and compelled their wives and daughters to join in the struggle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mother Jones is published by the Foundation for National Progress. San Francisco, California, U.S. The magazine was named after Mary Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones, an Irish-American trade union activist, socialist advocate, and ardent opponent of child labor.

Detailed explanation-3: -For the next quarter century, she worked in obscurity. As the new 20th century approached, Mary Jones was an aging, poor, widowed Irish immigrant, nearly as dispossessed as an American could be. She had survived plague, famine, and fire, only to confront a lonely old age. But then she invented Mother Jones.

Detailed explanation-4: -Harris Jones, commonly known as Mother Jones, was an American dresser and teacher born in Ireland in 1837. She had participated in many strikes and was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World. Harris was also an activist who took part in community projects in various communities.

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