https://padlet.com/slnoyes1/pq6qb3cu1f0f Feminist, Anarchist and Labor Radical en-us 2018-03-09 21:04:41 UTC 2024-05-27 20:15:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Condos.png slnoyes1 https://padlet.com/slnoyes1/pq6qb3cu1f0f/wish/240371240 2018-03-09 21:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/slnoyes1/pq6qb3cu1f0f/wish/240371240 slnoyes1 https://padlet.com/slnoyes1/pq6qb3cu1f0f/wish/240371317 Lucy (Gonzalez) Parsons (1853-1942) was most likely born a slave. She moved to Chicago from Texas with her white husband Albert Parsons. They quickly became involved with socialism. Parsons's writing and lecturing career began with her work with the Workingmen's Party of the United States and the Working Women's Party. She left these organizations and began working for the International Working People's Association, which was a proponent of anarchism and using violence to overthrow capitalism and end racism. She advocated on behalf of anarchists after her husband was executed after the Haymarket riots. She founded the newspaper Freedom in 1892 and was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies). She died in a house fire in 1942.]]> 2018-03-09 21:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/slnoyes1/pq6qb3cu1f0f/wish/240371317 slnoyes1 https://padlet.com/slnoyes1/pq6qb3cu1f0f/wish/240374524 2018-03-09 21:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/slnoyes1/pq6qb3cu1f0f/wish/240374524 slnoyes1 https://padlet.com/slnoyes1/pq6qb3cu1f0f/wish/240376173 There is no power on earth that can stop men and women who are determined to be free at all hazards. There is no power on earth so great as the power of intellect.
- Lucy Parsons]]> 2018-03-09 21:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/slnoyes1/pq6qb3cu1f0f/wish/240376173 slnoyes1 https://padlet.com/slnoyes1/pq6qb3cu1f0f/wish/240632761 Lucy Parsons used her experience as a poor black woman to influence not one but three different causes. She fought for civil rights and labor rights throughout her lifetime, stopping only when she died. She wrote and spoke on behalf of these causes, raising awareness and attention for them and inspiring others to act. She put herself in great danger both by being an outspoken anarchist and by being a black woman who wasn’t afraid to speak her mind. In a time where protesting anarchists were beaten and shot in the streets, Lucy Parsons not only continued to fight but devoted her life to promoting anarchism and the rights of the working class. She advocated for a woman’s place in democracy, pushing for women’s suffrage in her work. She created her own magazine, Freedom, to fight for justice. She was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World, an organization that influenced politics by organizing strikes and bringing workers across industries together to fight for workers’ rights. Lucy Parsons was bold in a time where poor people, black people and women were supposed to be silent, and opened doors for others to continue the fight.]]> 2018-03-11 21:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/slnoyes1/pq6qb3cu1f0f/wish/240632761