May 1, 1830: Birth of Mother Jones (‘the Miners’ Angel’; ‘the greatest woman agitator of our times’), born Cork, Ireland. Irish-American anti-war activist and labor radical. She was one of the early leaders of the anarcho-syndicalist (kinda sorta) International Workers of the World, or Wobblies. Another late starter, at 37 years of age she became active in the union movement following the death of her husband. Read more