Labor unions and communism
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000122
Abstract
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) as a high school student in 1906, but left school a year later to dedicate herself to organizing full time. A gifted and popular speaker, over the next several years she participated in IWW free speech and legal defense fund-raising campaigns and helped organize the Lawrence and Paterson textile strikes. A tireless defender of labor and political agitators facing deportation, Ms. Flynn helped found the ACLU in 1920, only to...
Matthew and Elizabeth Serviss Fox Papers
Collection — Small Processed Collections: E-F, Box 5, Folder: 16
Identifier: LP000583
Abstract
Matthew and Elizabeth Serviss Fox were both members of the IWW. Mrs. Fox served as the secretary-treasurer, William D. Haywood's secretary during his tenure. These papers consist of three letters Haywood wrote to Elizabeth Serviss Fox during his appeals process and subsequent flight to Russia.