A Woman of Will - Meet Lucy Parsons

For almost 70 years, Lucy Parsons fought for the rights of the poor and disenfranchised in the face of an increasingly oppressive industrial economic system. Lucy's radical activism challenged the racist and sexist sentiment in a time when even radical Americans believed that a woman's place was in the home.A dynamic, militant, self-educated public speaker and writer, she became the first American woman of color to carry her crusade for socialism across the country and overseas. Lucy Gonzales started life in Texas. She was of Mexican American, African American, and Native American descent and was born into slavery. Her path after emancipation led to conflict with the Ku Klux Klan, hard work, painful personal losses, and many nights in jail.READ LUCY PARSON'S STORYSources: https://archive.iww.org/history/biography/LucyParsons/1/https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/lucy-gonzales-parsons/