Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley

LC control no.	n 50003598
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1890-08-07
Death date	1964-09-05
Found in	Her Debs, Haywood, Ruthenberg, 1939. Biog. dict. of the Am. Left, 1986: p. 133, etc. (Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley, 1890-1964; longtime member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and later a Communist; b. 1890; served as organizer of the Workers Liberty Defense Union; in 1920 was named a founding member of the National Committee of the ACLU; became a Communist in mid-1930s; expelled from ACLU in 1940 because of party membership; tried and convicted in 1952 under the provisions of the Smith Act; d. 1964) Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, 2015: title page (Elizabeth Gurley Flynn) Wikipedia, April 20, 2021: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn page (Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (August 7, 1890-September 5, 1964) was a labor leader, activist, and feminist who played a leading role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Flynn was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union and a visible proponent of women's rights, birth control, and women's suffrage. She joined the Communist Party USA in 1936 and late in life, in 1961, became its chairwoman. She died during a visit to the Soviet Union, where she was accorded a state funeral with processions in the Red Square attended by over 25,000 people)