Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964)
Author of The Rebel Girl: An Autobiography
About the Author
Image credit: Photograph dated 1910-1920
(LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-USZ62-48852)
(LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-USZ62-48852)
Works by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Direct Action & Sabotage: Three Classic IWW Pamphlets from the 1910s (The Charles H. Kerr Library) (1997) 52 copies
Freedom begins at home 5 copies
The plot to gag America 3 copies
Meet the communists 2 copies
Women in the war 2 copies
An appeal to women 1 copy
Communists and the People 1 copy
Associated Works
America's Working Women: A Documentary History 1600 to the Present (1976) — Contributor — 156 copies
Highlights of a Fighting History: 60 Years of the Communist Party, USA (1979) — Contributor — 27 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1890-08-07
- Date of death
- 1964-09-05
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- labor activist
feminist
memoirist
writer
public speaker - Organizations
- Industrial Workers of the World
American Civil Liberties Union (founding member)
Communist Party of the USA - Short biography
- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a leading American union organizer, women's rights activist, and Communist. She called herself "The Rebel Girl" in her 1955 autobiography; she inspired famed songwriter Joe Hill to write a song about her by that name. She also wrote another two dozen books, many of them aimed at women.
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Concord, New Hampshire, USA
- Places of residence
- Concord, New Hampshire, USA
New York, New York, USA
Portland, Oregon, USA - Burial location
- Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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- Works
- 24
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 281
- Popularity
- #82,781
- Rating
- 3.6
- ISBNs
- 9