Laura Whitehorn

Laura Whitehorn

Laura Jane Whitehorn was born in April 1945 to Lenore and Nathaniel Whitehorn of Brooklyn, New York. As a college student in the 1960s, she organized and participated in civil rights and anti-war movements. as well as involvement in a series of revolutionary bombings and armed robberies. After her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1966, she went on to receive her master’s from Brandeis University.

Read more about Laura Whitehorn:  Early Days, "The Days of Rage", Townhouse Explosion, Feminist Education, Climate of Militancy, Battle of Boston, Prairie Fire Organizing Committee, Bombings: The May 19 Communist Organization, Years in Prison, Life After Prison

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