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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. In addition to ...
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.
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.
Why did Lucy Parsons try to conceal her identity as a formerly enslaved woman? What does that say about Black Americans’ position in American society at the end of the 19th century? Suggested Activities
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 ...
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.
Sep 2, 2019 · In this blog post, CHM curatorial intern Brigid Kennedy recounts the life of labor organizer Lucy Parsons. The details of Lucy Parsons’s early life in Texas are murky, and she herself provided different accounts of her youth and heritage.
Feb 12, 2007 · SLP’s political reformism and peaceful approach to capitalism eventually led to Lucy Parsons’ departure. A staunch militant revolutionary, Parsons advocated the overthrow of capitalism and African American armed resistance to racist violence.
Born: March 1853, Virginia. Died: March 7 1942, Chicago IL USA. Challenging the blatant sexism of her time, Lucy Parsons, neé Waller, the wife of Haymarket martyr Albert Parsons, was one of the most influential women involved in the American anarchist and labor movements.
Dec 1, 1995 · Lucia “Lucy” Carter Parsons, one of the most famous and notorious U. S. anarchists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was born to an enslaved woman named Charlotte in Virginia in 1851. Named Lucia as a child, she was best known as Lucy Parsons, the wife and then widow of Albert R. Parsons, who was executed in November ...
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