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Women's History |
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In 1906, sixteen-year-old
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn delivered a speech to the Harlem
Socialist Club in New York. |
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She spoke of every woman's
right to be a wife, a mother, a worker, and a citizen
in this speech. |
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Elizabeth's father was a socialist
and her mother was a feminist; she drew inspiration from
both of them. |
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Elizabeth was a speaker for
Industrial Workers of the World, a group that tried to
unite workers to fight for better wages and conditions. |
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Between 1906 and 1926, she
helped organize twenty labor strikes, and was arrested
fifteen times. |
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