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Instructor/Advisor

Dr. Debra Michals

Keywords

Labor History, Social Justice, History of American Political Radicalism

Abstract

My presentation consists of a summary of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s upbringing and life as it contributed to the American Labor Movement, Feminist Activism, and Socialist politics in the United States. While often narratives of Flynn’s life stop at her leadership role in the 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike. Her contributions span much further including being a cofounder of the ACLU, a tireless campaigner for legal representation of labor unions, and eventually a prominent socialist and communist politician. Her eventual condemnation at the hands of McCarthyism and imprisonment, meanwhile, showed the limits of American political pluralism.

A Rebel Girl’s Example: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Her Life as a and Labor Leader, Feminist, and Political Radical

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