Mother Jones was an effective leader in multitudinous ways. She spoke in front of large audiences throughout the United States to prevent child labor. As explained in The March of the Mill Children, in paragraph 7, “She led them on a one-mile march from Philadelphia’s Independence Square to its courthouse lawn. Mother Jones and a few children climbed up on a platform in front of a huge crowd.” This specific piece of evidence provides the fact that Mother Jones and the children marched all the way from the South, up north to Philadelphia to stand in front of a giant crowd and speak about the problems of child labor. Mother Jones also pronounced that she would march to the White House with the children and their families to try and prevent child
