workingclasshistory:

On this day, 30 November 1917, stenographer, cook and anarchist Louise Olivereau was sentenced to ten years’ jail in the US for producing leaflets against the draft during World War I. In the judge’s sentencing remarks he declared that Louise, who worked for the Industrial Workers of the World union, was a woman “above the average in intelligence” and he hoped she would change her ideas to conform to organised government! In prison she ran classes teaching other prisoners English, and after her release on parole in 1920 she resumed her political activities speaking at union meetings and women’s clubs. More info about women in the IWW in our podcast episode 16: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e16-women-in-the-early-iww/ https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1596620900523054/?type=3