Historical Marker, Mary (Harris) Jones
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Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States of America 
When: 2002.
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Labor leader, worker advocate. In October 1900 she led a march of 2,000 women from McAdoo to Coaldale to aid a six - week strike called in September by the United Mine Workers of America for higher wages, recognition, and a grievance process. Many mine workers stopped work and joined the union. Concessions by anthracite coal operators and unmet union demands resulted in the anthracite coal strike of 1902.