The Mary Harris Jones Legacy Society

“Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.”
-Mary Harris Jones

In 1975 we named Mother Jones magazine after Mary Harris Jones, a great American orator, organizer, hellraiser and heroine. Mother Jones battled corporate elites and politicians, went to jail repeatedly for organizing workers, and converted tens of thousands of Americans to the labor movement. A long-time champion of laws to end child labor, she continued as a union organizer and agitator into her nineties. At the height of her influence, a strike-busting prosecutor called Mother Jones "the most dangerous woman in America." Her fearless and passionate leadership inspired us to found Mother Jones magazine.

The Mary Harris Jones Legacy Society was started in 2000 as a way to honor those making planned gifts to Mother Jones. Mary Harris Jones is a reminder that that we all have the capacity to inspire, the passion to change and the courage to lead.

We would love to know if you name Mother Jones in your will. We would be honored to say “thank you,” and count you among the members of our Legacy Society. Please e-mail or call us to notify us of your gift.

Members of the Mary Harris Jones Legacy Society receive special benefits, including invitations to events, a lifetime subscription to Mother Jones magazine, the Insider newsletter and media impact report and recognition in the Annual Report, unless you prefer to remain anonymous.

If you’d like to discuss the possibility of making a planned gift to Mother Jones or need any additional information, please contact Steven Katz, Associate Publisher at (415) 321-1700 or steven_katz@motherjones.com.

You can also request more information here.

For more information about the life of Mary Harris Jones, click here.

Photo Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-7678