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Contents 1 POV 2 Birth date 3 Grandmother of All Alligators? 4 Citecheck template removed

[edit] POV

"her grandfather was hanged by the British for participation in the Irish national struggle."

This does not sound like an objective description of events to me. Perhaps 'twould be more objective to express the two-sidedness of the war.

[edit] Birth date

I have changed the date given for Mother Jones's birth from 12 May 1830 to 1 August 1837, based on the 1830 claim being made by Mother Jones herself in order to augment her very-old-lady image and also establish a connection to May 1 workers' protests. The source for this is the last major biography of Mother Jones, "Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America" by Elliott J. Gorn (Hill & Wang, 2001, ISBN 0809070936 & ISBN 0809070944 paperback)

Web opinion is divided on the issue, some sites go with the 1830 date [1] [2] [3] and others with 1837. [4] [5] [6] and [7] which is an article by Elliott J. Gorn and I suggest he counts as the leading authority as her current biographer. GhostGirl 15:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Grandmother of All Alligators?

The link to List_of_people_known_as_the_father_or_mother_of_something is broken. Maikel 08:47, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

... i. e., she's not listed there. Maikel 14:20, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citecheck template removed

The citecheck template is for articles that may misrepresent references sources, such as quoting statements out of context. I see no discussion of that sort of problem on this page. Please refer to Wikipedia:Cleanup resources if some other template is needed and post the reasons on talk so that other editors can address the problem. Durova 02:36, 3 September 2006 (UTC)