Happy Labor Day!
Mary Harris “Mother” Jones (1837 – 30 November 1930) was an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent labor and community organizer. She helped coordinate major strikes and co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World.
Jones worked as a teacher and dressmaker, but after her husband and four children all died of yellow fever in 1867 and her dress shop was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, she began working as an organizer for the Knights of Labor and the United Mine Workers union. From 1897, at about 60 years of age, she was known as Mother Jones. In 1902 she was called “the most dangerous woman in America” for her success in organizing mine workers and their families against the mine owners. In 1903, to protest the lax enforcement of the child labor laws in the Pennsylvania mines and silk mills, she organized a children’s march from Philadelphia to the home of President Theodore Roosevelt in New York. Mother Jones’ organizing methods were unique for her time as she welcomed African American workers and involved women and children in strikes.
*Scheduling Note*
We will have one class at 1000 today. Child Care is available.
Conditioning
“Mother”
In teams of 4, with a 35:00 running clock:
- Run 1 mile with a seabag (60/40)
In time remaining, complete as many rounds as possible of:
- 8 Rope Climbs (OPWAAT)
- 16 Synchro Burpees /w High-Five (4 people working)
- 32 Kettlebell Swing Relay
- 64 Synchro Kettlebell or Dumbbell Thrusters (50/35) (2 people working)
- 128 Calorie Row (OPWAAT)
- 64 Synchro Kettlebell or Dumbbell Thrusters (50/35) (2 people working)
- 32 Kettlebell Swing Relay
- 16 Synchro Burpees /w High-Five (4 people working)
- 8 Wall Walk Relay