On this day, 7 March 1942, Lucy Parsons, anarchist, co-founder of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union and lifelong advocate for working people, the homeless, women, and African-Americans, died in a house fire. As dangerous to the authorities in death as in life, the police confiscated all her papers and books. She was also the widow of Haymarket martyr Albert Parsons.
Learn more about the women who help build the IWW in our podcast episode: https://ift.tt/2rgL6cP https://ift.tt/2XGdBj2
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