Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964), known as “The Rebel Girl,” was one of the premier labor activists and leaders of the struggle for women’s equality in the 20th century. She was an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World, a founding member of the ACLU, and later in life the Chairperson of the Communist Party USA. Flynn was indicted under the infamous Smith Act and thrown in prison for two years. She is buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, near the Haymarket Martyrs Monument.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

Labor

Lucy Parsons: Tribute to a heroine of labor
March 8, 2024 By Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
One of the CPUSA’s foremost leaders remembers her close friend Lucy, who died on International Women’s Day 1942.
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En español

Día Internacional de la Mujer—Hecho en los EE. UU.
March 8, 2023 By Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
A principios del siglo pasado, miles de mujeres estadounidenses reflexivas estaban profundamente conmovidas por la negación del voto a las mujeres.
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Politics

International Women’s Day—Made in the U.S.A.
March 8, 2019 By Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
It was 20,000 young and diverse women workers in New York who went on strike in 1909 and brought the world International Women's Day.
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

LATEST ARTICLES BY Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

Lucy Parsons: Tribute to a heroine of labor

Día Internacional de la Mujer—Hecho en los EE. UU.

International Women’s Day—Made in the U.S.A.