SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Lucy Parsons

1853 - 1942

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Lucy E. Parsons (c. 1851 – March 7, 1942) was an American social anarchist and later anarcho-communist, well-known throughout her long life for her fiery speeches and writings. She was a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World. There are different versions of Parsons' early life: she herself said she was of mixed Mexican and Native American ancestry; historians believe she was born to an African-American slave, possibly in Virginia, then perhaps married a black freedman in Texas. She met the activist Albert Parsons in Waco, Texas, and claimed to have married him although no records have been found. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucy Parsons is the 543rd most popular social activist (down from 519th in 2019), the 8,372nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,464th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Lucy Parsons ranks 543 out of 840. Before her are Mykola Rudenko, Agnès Callamard, Aminatou Haidar, Dorothea Dix, Prudencia Ayala, and Muthulakshmi Reddy. After her are Ekaterina Karavelova, John Peters Humphrey, Raisa Aronova, Hebe de Bonafini, Fazu Aliyeva, and Bagha Jatin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Lucy Parsons ranks 96. Before her are Charles Howard Hinton, René Bazin, Hamoud bin Mohammed of Zanzibar, Henning von Holtzendorff, Konstantin Stoilov, and Gaston Bonnier. After her are Maria Yermolova, Rudolf Kittel, Leander Starr Jameson, Philander C. Knox, John Henry Twachtman, and Alva Belmont. Among people deceased in 1942, Lucy Parsons ranks 217. Before her are Jakob van Hoddis, Heinz Körvers, Joshua Pim, Stanisław Zaremba, Joseph Dempsey, and Mahadev Desai. After her are Max Bodenstein, Käthe Leichter, William Henry Young, Nevile Henderson, Františka Plamínková, and George M. Cohan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lucy Parsons ranks 8,374 out of 20,380. Before her are Ted DiBiase Jr. (1982), Jon Landau (1960), Bud Houser (1901), Kevin Conway (1942), Clyde King (1898), and Timothy Zahn (1951). After her are Fanny Brice (1891), Eva LaRue (1966), James Lee Burke (1936), Barbara Feldon (1933), Candice Night (1971), and Gilby Clarke (1962).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Lucy Parsons ranks 76. Before her are Lucy Stone (1818), Ruby Bridges (1954), Katie Eder (1950), Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954), Abraham Flexner (1866), and Dorothea Dix (1802). After her are Roger Stone (1952), Jerry Rubin (1938), Fred Hampton (1948), Bill Haywood (1869), Bayard Rustin (1912), and Walter Reuther (1907).

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