oFrom the Eye to the Soulo: Industrial Labor's Mary Harris oMothero Jones and the Rhetorics of Display

Mary Harris oMothero Jones was among the U.S. industrial labor movement's savviest practitioners of visual politics to champion human rights for workers. This article focuses on two key features of Jones's exploitation of the power of othe eyeo for persuasive ends: first, was her keen appreciation of the rhetorical potency of the camera as an emerging technology with differing force for varied audiences, and second, was her trademark spectacles ritualizing rebellion, showcasing workers' resolve, and generating publicity. To mine these visual features, this essay situates them within two significant historical episodes: the Colorado Coalfield War of 1913-14, especially the Ludlow Massacre, and the Children's Marches of 1903 she led to lobby for child labor reforms.