Welcome to the
MOTHER JONES MUSEUM
IN MOUNT OLIVE, ILLINOIS
Experience the history of coal mining, union activity, and labor strife in communities in southern Illinois-
Where Mother Jones walked among heroes.
The Mother Jones Museum in Mt. Olive honors the contributions of Mother Jones, the development of the Union Miners Cemetery, the United Mine Workers of America, the Progressive Miners and the Women’s Auxiliary, and the impact of coal-mining, organized labor, and conflict in the stories of the families and workers who directly experienced these, and whose descendants work to keep their stories alive and relevant to today’s world.
