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 346,116 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is the 569th most popular social activist (down from 496th in 2019), the 9,141st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,988th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Elizabeth Gurley Flynns by language

Over the past year Elizabeth Gurley Flynn has had the most page views in the with 51,852 views, followed by Russian (2,115), and French (1,284). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (167.87%), Irish (82.89%), and Basque (56.90%)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ranks 569 out of 840. Before her are Ralph Abernathy, Emily Hobhouse, Dolores Huerta, Wu'erkaixi, Sam Childers, and Peter Nguyen Van Hung. After her are Annie Kenney, Aslı Erdoğan, Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, Flora Drummond, Emily Davies, and Bruno Manser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ranks 226. Before her are Béla Las-Torres, Albert Zürner, August Alle, Robert Ripley, Angelo Zorzi, and Bess Meredyth. After her are Néstor Guillén, Eddie Rickenbacker, Harald Julin, Fred M. Vinson, Gustaf Weidel, and Grigory Landsberg. Among people deceased in 1964, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ranks 185. Before her are Ernest Hamilton, Per Nilsson, Luciano Savorini, Eugène Olivier, Jack Teagarden, and Joe Gaetjens. After her are C. J. Hambro, Stuart Davis, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, Milton Margai, Lucky Dube, and Diana Wynyard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ranks 9,141 out of 20,380. Before her are Garth Brooks (1962), Abraham Baldwin (1754), Jimmy Garrison (1934), Edward Moore (1897), Bam Bam Bigelow (1961), and Cara Buono (1974). After her are Betty Blythe (1893), Lucy Shapiro (1940), Carroll O'Connor (1924), Neil Hamilton (1899), Royal Dano (1922), and Red Skelton (1913).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ranks 83. Before her are Roger Stone (1952), Bill Haywood (1869), Mamie Till (1921), Ralph Abernathy (1926), Dolores Huerta (1930), and Sam Childers (1963). After her are Albert Parsons (1848), James Meredith (1933), Sylvia Rivera (1951), Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1861), Alva Belmont (1853), and Katie Eder (1950).

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