1879 - 1915
Joe Hill Swedish Songwriter
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Details
| First Name |
Joe
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| Last Name |
Hill
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| Birthday |
7th October, 1879
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| Birthplace |
Gävle Sweden
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| Died |
15th November, 1915
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| Place of Death |
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Nationality |
Swedish
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| Occupation Text |
labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World
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| Occupation |
Songwriter
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Joe Hill (October 7, 1879 – November 19, 1915), born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund and also known as Joseph Hillström, was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, familiarly called the "Wobblies"). A native Swedish speaker, he learned English during the early 1900s, while working various jobs from New York to San Francisco. Hill, an immigrant worker frequently facing unemployment and underemployment, became a popular songwriter and cartoonist for the union. His most famous songs include "The Preacher and the Slave" (in which he coined the phrase "pie in the sky"), "The Tramp", "There Is Power in a Union", "The Rebel Girl", and "Casey Jones—the Union Scab", which express the harsh and combative life of itinerant workers, and call for workers to organize their efforts to improve working conditions.
