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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the Rebel Girl of Joe Hill song fame, was a socialist, feminist, and later communist activist who worked for civil liberties, women's rights, and worker's rights.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the Rebel Girl of Joe Hill song fame, was a socialist, feminist, and labor organizer who became a Communist Party activist.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Biography
A biography of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a socialist and feminist who helped organize the ACLU and the Lawrence, Massachusetts, strike.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Quotes
Quotes by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
1912 Lawrence Textile Strike
Story of the 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike, sometimes called the Bread and Roses strike, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, key to an IWW victory and winning better wages and working conditions for women.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: Statement at the Smith Act Trial
The text of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn's statement at her trial under the Smith Act, which resulted in a prison term.

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