Festival to honour heroism of ‘most dangerous woman in US’

An Irishwoman once described as “the most dangerous woman in America” for her fearless campaigning for workers’ rights is to be honoured in her native city this week.

Leading trade union figures from the US are due in Cork tomorrow for the opening of the three-day Mother Jones commemorative festival to mark the 175th anniversary of her birth.

She is one of the heroines of the early days of the American trade union movement, particularly US miners, and is still known as “The Miner’s Angel”.