Mother Jones was a historical figure who was brought to life in The March of the Mill Children by Judith Josephson with the use of eloquent speech. It irked her that these children were being overworked in factory jobs. Mother Jones was determined to save the children used for child labor and had the power of speech to help her get there. She used her oration skills to show people that the children who worked in factories got little to no chance for an education, while the wealthy minors get sent to schools for higher education. She got permission to go to Princeton University to discuss higher education and she brought many child labor victims to show that an injured boy got three dollars a week and his sister, who is fourteen, gets six dollars.
