Mother Jones, Joe Hill (“Don’t waste time mourning, organize!”), the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the Matewan Massacre are a few that should not be forgotten.

She committed her worldly life to the spiritual work that scripture requires of believers, to literally work above all else in the world, to care for the poor, the widows, and the orphans. Not to give them thoughts and prayers.

Thank you. I love this stuff.

She spent almost 3 months in custody in WV (in a boarding house/prison) when she was in her 80s, for trying to battle the "company" mining town there.

Yep, 'the most dangerous woman in America' was imprisoned, like Paul the Apostle, for doing justice and solidarity work. Mammon is the root of all evil.

She reminds me of my son who's a town councilman in Silver City, NM (and co-chair of his county's Democratic Party) which was founded as a company mining town. He's still battling Big Money's company town mentality that attempts to drive out the poor and homeless. Such work gets him in occasional trouble with hedge funded carpetbaggers, so it's a good thing he's got the mayor on his side.