February 8

Mary Kenney O'Sullivan is born in Hannibal, Missouri. At age 28, she was to be appointed the first female general organizer for the American Federation
of Labor by AFL President Samuel Gompers - 1864

Vigilantes beat IWW organizers for exercising free-speech rights, San Diego - 1912

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