Carolyn Ashbaugh
Author of Lucy Parsons: American Revolutionary
About the Author
Carolyn Ashbaugh's engaging biography follows Parsons's life and work through pivotal points in US history-from the end of slavery and the era Reconstruction to the birth of the American labor and socialist movements. Along with lifelong partner and Haymarket martyr Albert Parsons, Lucy vigorously show more involved herself in the struggles of the day: for the rights of women and people of color, for the eight-hour day, and against poverty and hunger. Lucy Parsons: An American Revolutionary is a classic of radicals US history and a diligent examination of Lucy Parsons's life, ideas, and activism. show less
Works by Carolyn Ashbaugh
Haymarket Widows 1 copy
Women in the Haymarket Event 1 copy
Associated Works
Southern Exposure Magazine. Volume 1, Number 3&4. 1974. No More Moanin', Voices of Southern Struggle (1974) — Contributor — 6 copies
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It took me a shamefully long time to finish this book. Lucy Parsons is a fascinating, inspiring individual, and through her life, Carolyn Ashbaugh gives us a glimpse of an amazing period in American history.
As a reader, it did read strangely at times - there were moments of novel-like detail, in describing Lucy Parson's voice and charisma, interspersed in a book that many times seemed to be more of a history of the Chicago labor movement than a biography of Lucy Parsons. But this seems to me show more less a fault of the writer and more a problem of the genre and the subject matter. Lucy Parsons left very little information about her life outside of her involvement with the anarchist, community, and labor movements.
I highly recommend this book to everyone who enjoys biographies and powerful women. show less
As a reader, it did read strangely at times - there were moments of novel-like detail, in describing Lucy Parson's voice and charisma, interspersed in a book that many times seemed to be more of a history of the Chicago labor movement than a biography of Lucy Parsons. But this seems to me show more less a fault of the writer and more a problem of the genre and the subject matter. Lucy Parsons left very little information about her life outside of her involvement with the anarchist, community, and labor movements.
I highly recommend this book to everyone who enjoys biographies and powerful women. show less
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