Transcript: Profile: Mother Jones' life as a labor movement activist

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Profile: Mother Jones' life as a labor movement activist

Host: LISA SIMEONE Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

LISA SIMEONE, host:

This is WEEKEND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Lisa Simeone.

The state of Maryland acknowledged a little piece of its own history this afternoon by dedicating an historical marker to Mother Jones. This icon of the American labor movement lived her last few years at a farm in Hyattsville, Maryland. And that's where she died 70 years ago this week at the age of 100.

(Soundbite of song)

Mr. GENE AUTRY: (Singing) The world today's in mourning for the death of Mother Jones. Gloom and sorrow hover around the miner's home.

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