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 Jane Addams was a progressive social reformer and activist. She advocated for labor rights and co-founded Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago. This house provided services to laborers, and offered training to workers.

• Jane Addams is best known for being the first female president of the National Conference of Social Work.

• She served as the president of the International Congress of Women in 1915

• Addams founded the Woman's Peace Party, which was the predecessor for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

John Mitchell advocated for better safety regulations and workers' compensation. He helped negotiate for miners' rights and better working conditions.

• John Mitchell is best known for leading the Coal Strike of 1902, which led to a 10% wage increase and a decrease in work hours from 10 to 9.

• Mitchell was the president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1998 to 1908, and during his leadership the union became much more powerful.

Mary Harris Jones was a prominent labor leader known as "Mother Jones" who advocated for the rights of miners, women, and children. She gave speeches and led marches which led to improved working conditions.

• Jones worked with the United Mine Workers of America, and travelled across the country to rally miners and organize strikes. She helped lead the Colorado Coal Strike of 1913-1914, which brought attention to suppression of workers' rights.

• Her March of the Mill Children in 1903 led children who worked in factories from Philadelphia to President Theodore Roosevelts summer home in Oyster Bay, New York.