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Lucy E. Parsons ( c. 1851 – 1942) was an American social anarchist and later anarcho-communist. Her early life is shrouded in mystery: she herself said she was of mixed Mexican and Native American ancestry; historians believe she was born to an African American slave, possibly in Virginia, then married a black freedman in Texas.
Jan 28, 2007 · Lucy E. Parsons was a leading figure in American anarchism and the radical labor movement. Born a slave near Waco, Texas, she married Albert R. Parsons who had become a white radical Republican after serving first as a Confederate soldier.
Dec 16, 2020 · A woman of contradictions. As she rose in popularity, Lucy Parsons remained a woman of contradictions, not just based on her racial identity but also as a woman activist. Her fiery rhetoric was anything but ladylike, according to biographer Jones.
Lucy Parsons: Woman of Will. By the Women's History Information Project For almost 70 years, Lucy Parsons fought for the rights of the poor and disenfranchised in the face of an increasingly oppressive industrial economic system. Lucy's radical activism challenged the racist and sexist sentiment in a time when even radical Americans believed ...
Activist, Radical, Anarchist. The story of an anarchist and public speaker who used her position as the “Haymarket Widow” to influence Chicago activism. “Mrs. Lucy E. Parsons, arrested during protest at Hull House,” Chicago Daily News, Inc., January 18, 1915.
Parsons, a gifted speaker and writer, used her words to lead fights against African-American lynchings, the sharecropper system, 12-hour workdays and other issues. Massive worker strikes began spreading across the country.
Feb 27, 2019 · Lucy Parsons (circa March 1853 - March 7, 1942), also known as Lucy González Parson and Lucy Waller, was an early socialist activist. She was a founder of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, the "Wobblies"), the widow of executed "Haymarket Eight" figure, Albert Parsons, and a writer and speaker. As an anarchist and radical organizer ...
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