Lucy Parsons
Lucy Eldine Gonzalez Parsons (born c. 1853 – March 7, 1942) was an American labor organizer and radical socialist and anarchist communist. She is remembered as a powerful orator.
Read more about Lucy Parsons: Early Life, Career As Activist, Death, Conflict With Emma Goldman, Legacy, Tributes and Memorials
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“She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and oh,
The difference to me!”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“I will have no Parsons around me but such as drink deep, ride to Hounds and caress the Wives and Daughters of their Parishioners. A Virtuous Parson does nothing to test or exercise the Faith of his Flock.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)