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Mary G. Harris Jones (1837 (baptized) – November 30, 1930), known as Mother Jones from 1897 onward, was an Irish-born American labor organizer, former schoolteacher, and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist.
John Jones and his wife Mary Jones were central figures of the abolitionist movement in Chicago, led early struggles to achieve civil rights for Blacks and were involved in local and state politics (including John Jones having been the first African-American to hold elected office in Illinois as a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.) [2]
Mary Gardiner Jones (1920–2009), first woman to serve as a member of the Federal Trade Commission; Mary Harris Jones (1837–1930), known as Mother Jones, community organizer; Mary Jane Richardson Jones (1819–1909), American abolitionist and suffragist; Mary Letitia Jones (1865–1946), librarian and head of Los Angeles Public Library 1900-1905
Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress of television and film. [1] [2] She began her film career in the early 1950s, and by the end of the decade had achieved recognition with a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957) and a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising new actresses of 1959.
Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones was born at Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, on 20 January 1965 into a middle-class family. [3] [4] [5] Her father, Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones (born 1931), is a retired sales director for an importer of industrial tyres and rubber goods. [4] Her mother was Mary (née O'Sullivan; 1934–2005), a charity worker and secretary.
Mary Jones was born 16th of December 1784. I Bought this in the 16th year of my age. [note 1] I am Daughter of Jacob Jones and Mary Jones His wife. the Lord may give me grace. Amen. Mary Jones His [is] The True Onour [owner] of this Bible. Bought In the Year 1800 Aged 16th. The Cambridge copy of the Bible was exhibited in Bala for 3 days in ...
Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V.
Mary Smith was born on July 24, 1819, to John McCutcheon Smith and his wife Sarah Pevehouse Smith, in Lawrence County, Arkansas. [1] [failed verification] Her father died in 1833, and the family relocated to the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. Mary became part of a large family of step-siblings when her mother remarried to John Woodruff.