Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (August 7, 1890 – September 5, 1964) was a labor leader, activist, and feminist who played a leading role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Flynn was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union and a visible proponent of women's rights, birth control, and women's suffrage. She joined the American Communist Party in 1936 and late in life, in 1961, became its chairwoman. She died during a visit to the Soviet Union, where she was accorded a state funeral.
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“[When asked by the judge, after her first arrest, at age 15: ‘Do you expect to convert people to socialism by talking on Broadway?’:] Indeed I do.”
—Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964)