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Radical Woman

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Lucy Parsons

Lucy Parsons, arrested in 1915 in a Hull House protest

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Lucy Parsons, anarchist, unsuccessfully organized in her husband's defense when he was accused of violence in the so-called Haymarket Riot of May, 1886, and hanged. She continued organizing against capitalism and government, and helped organize the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World).

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