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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

1890 - 1964

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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (August 7, 1890 – September 5, 1964) was an American labor leader, activist, and feminist who played a leading role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Flynn was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union and a visible proponent of women's rights, birth control, and women's suffrage. She joined the Communist Party USA in 1936 and late in life, in 1961, became its chairwoman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn has received more than 351,255 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is the 496th most popular social activist (down from 436th in 2019), the 9,006th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,043rd in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ranks 496 out of 538. Before her are Shivakumara Swami, Karina Pankievich, Joseph Weydemeyer, Oswaldo Payá, Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, and Wang Dan. After her are Marguerite Higgins, Aminatou Haidar, Wu'erkaixi, Martin Luther King III, Dimitrana Ivanova, and Sylvia Rivera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ranks 204. Before her are Verna Felton, Eoin O'Duffy, Imre Zachár, Jean Piot, Alma Richards, and Alice Joyce. After her are Ödön Tersztyánszky, Georges Tainturier, Albert Zürner, Lewis H. Brereton, Samu Fóti, and Bess Meredyth. Among people deceased in 1964, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ranks 180. Before her are C. J. Hambro, Kate Gillou, Carlos Hevia, Jack Teagarden, Milton Margai, and José María Belauste. After her are Meade Lux Lewis, Lucky Dube, Montgomery Wilson, C. I. Lewis, Fred Tootell, and Branislav Hrnjiček.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ranks 9,006 out of 18,182. Before her are Nicholas Colasanto (1924), Guy Siner (1947), Thomas Dewing (1851), Raphael Tracey (1904), Carol Heiss (1940), and Anne Dudek (1975). After her are Dick Clark (1929), Tony Dalton (1975), Pat Carroll (1927), Brewster Kahle (1960), Mildred Wiley (1901), and Amy Sedaris (1961).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ranks 75. Before her are Ralph Abernathy (1926), Lucy Parsons (1853), James Meredith (1933), Betty Ong (1956), Karen Silkwood (1946), and Ella Baker (1903). After her are Martin Luther King III (1957), Sylvia Rivera (1951), Lillian Wald (1867), Aaron Swartz (1986), Dorothea Dix (1802), and Dolores Huerta (1930).

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