THE LOOP (WBBM Newsradio) — People walking downtown will soon see a new fixture along Wacker Drive, honoring someone once called “the most dangerous woman in America.”
City and union leaders broke ground this week on a new monument commemorating the life of “Mother” Jones, the progressive icon known for organizing garment, textile and steel workers during the turn of the 20th Century.
“‘Mother’ Jones called Chicago her home,” Rosemary Feurerfrom the Mother Jones Heritage Project said before the ceremonial ground-breaking on the landscaped median at Wacker Drive, Wabash Avenue and South Water Street. “She was a force of nature – somebody to be reckoned with.”…