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Mother Jones and Her Children

The documentary outlines the life of the most famous Corkwoman in America – Mary Jones, formerly Mary Harris. It tells of her extraordinary life – her early years in Cork, her survival of the famine and emigration to Canada, her move to the US and her marriage to George Jones, her life as a mother to four young children, her tragic loss of her entire family and later her business, her entry into the labour movement and her growing involvement in organising workers to the point where she is dubbed “the most dangerous woman in America.

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