Lucy Parsons

Lucia Eldine Gonzalez Parsons was a charismatic trade unionist, anarcho-communist, feminist and founding member of the IWW.
== Life ==
Lucy Parsons was born in Texas, USA in 1853 as a slave to parents of Native American, Mexican and African-American heritage. She married Albert Parsons in 1871, and the two fled to Chicago due to intolerance of their interracial marriage.https://web.archive.org/web/20120130105154/http://www.lucyparsonsproject.org/about_lucyparsons.html
In Chicago, she became a journalist and anarchist organizer, being one of the most effective in the US. She worked to liberate political prisoners, form trade unions, spread anarchist ideas and attack racists.Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Parsons#Career_as_activist She continued to organize and give speeches well into her 80s until her tragic death in a house fire at age 89.
== Ideas ==
Lucy famously came into conflict with Emma Goldman over their analysis of patriarchy. Lucy saw patriarchy as an extension of capitalism, whereas Emma Goldman saw patriarchy as a cultural concept separate from but connected to capitalism. Parsons accused Emma Goldman of focusing on middle-class feminism rather than liberating the working class from capitalism.Carolyn Ashbaugh (1976) Lucy Parsons: American Revolutionary
== References ==
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