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Mary Harris Jones

"In Georgia where children work day and night in the cotton mills they have just passed a bill to protect song birds. What about the little children from whom all song is gone?"

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"In Georgia where children work day and night in the cotton mills they have just passed a bill to protect song birds. What about the little children from whom all song is gone?"

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"Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart."

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"Back then, work revolved around life. Today, life revolves around work."

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"The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character, its successful outcome, were due to that most remarkable character, Governor Hunt."
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"I am not an anti to anything which will bring freedom to my class."
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