Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley
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Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley
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- found: Her Debs, Haywood, Ruthenberg, 1939.
- found: 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)
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- 1980-02-28: new
- 1992-05-19: revised
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