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Goddess of Anarchy
- The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical
- Narrated by: Nylsa Smallwood
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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Goddess of Anarchy
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Publisher's Summary
From a prize-winning historian, a new portrait of an extraordinary activist and the turbulent age in which she lived
Goddess of Anarchy recounts the formidable life of the militant writer, orator, and agitator Lucy Parsons. Born to an enslaved woman in Virginia in 1851 and raised in Texas - where she met her husband, the Haymarket "martyr" Albert Parsons - Lucy was a fearless advocate of First Amendment rights, a champion of the working classes, and one of the most prominent figures of African descent of her era. And yet her life was riddled with contradictions - she advocated violence without apology, concocted a Hispanic Indian identity for herself, and ignored the plight of African Americans.
Drawing on a wealth of new sources, Jacqueline Jones presents not only the exceptional life of the famous American-born anarchist but also an authoritative account of her times - from slavery through the Great Depression.
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What the critics say
"An outstanding book.... Jones' fascinating portrait presents an enigmatic, unpredictable activist who sustained a lifelong oratory and writing career." (Booklist)
"One of our most talented historians tackles one of American history's most enigmatic figures....Goddess of Anarchy is at once a fascinating biography and a window onto the tumultuous debates of the Gilded Age." (Karl Jacoby, author of The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire)
"Lucy Parsons was a unique figure in the history of the American left: eloquent, beautiful, uncompromising in her anarchist faith, and loath to embrace her mixed-race identity. Jacqueline Jones, one of our nation's most distinguished historians, fills her narrative of this remarkable life with both the vivid drama and the critical understanding it deserves." (Michael Kazin, author of War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918)