Molly Maguires

Examples of Molly Maguires in the following topics:

• The Molly Maguires

  • The Molly Maguires were an Irish-American organization of coal miners, opposed and persecuted by industrialists and Pinkerton agents.
  • At the time, however, fears about the Molly Maguires enabled mine owners to destroy the miners' union, the Workingman's Benevolent Association.
  • The Molly Maguires were a secret Irish-American organization that consisted mainly of coal miners.
  • The Molly Maguires originated in Ireland, where secret societies were common through the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • In addition, Gowen used vigilantes to ambush and murder several miners suspected of membership in the Molly Maguires.

• The Rise of Unions

  • In the 1870s, the Reading Railroad blamed the deals of two dozen mine foremen and administrators on a secret society of Irishmen called the "Molly Maguires."
  • Although the Reading Railroad hired a Pinkerton undercover detective to investigate, it is highly probable that most of the men accused and executed for being Molly Maguires were innocent.
  • At the time, however, fears about the Molly Maguires enabled mine owners to destroy the miners' union, the Workingmen's Benevolent Association.
  • The Molly Maguires were a secret Irish-American organization that consisted mainly of coal miners.
  • Molly Maguire history is sometimes presented as the persecution of an underground movement that was motivated by personal vendettas, and sometimes as a struggle between organized labor and powerful industrial forces.

• Irish Immigration

  • The anthracite-coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania saw a massive influx of Irish during this time period; conditions in the mines eventually gave rise to groups and secret societies such as the Molly Maguires.

• Introduction

• Stakeholders: the connective rim on the wheel

  • Exhibit 7: "Startup Stakeholder Arrow" created by Molly Lavik, founder, Mentorography, Inc., January 12, 2009.

• The business eco-system

  • Entrepreneurial Marketing; Real Stories and Survival Strategies by Molly Lavik and Bruce Buskirk, Preface, page xxii.

• About this author and acknowledgements

  • Editor and Author: Molly Lavik, Founder, Mentorography, Inc. & StartupTime Coach, Molly.Lavik@StartupTime.com, Professor, Vatel International Business School.

• Revolutionary Women

  • This engraving depicts legendary "Molly Pitcher," fighting in battle.
  • It is rumored that she got this name because she would bring soldiers water in the midst of battle (they would call out, "Molly, Pitcher!

• Introduction

  • (Entrepreneurial Marketing; Real Stories and Survival Strategies by Molly Lavik and Bruce Buskirk, introduction pages xxviii-xxx.)
  • We will share his story through an interview that Molly Lavik conducted with him and look at his entrepreneurial tendencies and attributes.

• New product: the tangible rim on the wheel

  • Entrepreneurial Marketing; Real Stories and Survival Strategies by Molly Lavik and Bruce Buskirk, Module on Savvy Strategies for Marketing New Products, pages 188-190
  • Exhibit 9: The Process Mapping Diagram was developed by Molly Lavik, October 6, 2002