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Women's History Month Profiles: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
… Today, we are looking at Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. … Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was born in 1890 in Concord, New Hampshire, to a radical, activist working-class family. When she was 10, the family moved to the South Bronx, where she attended public school. By the time she was 15, Flynn was active in socialist groups. At 15, … from high school. She became a full-time organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). In the years leading up to World War I, Flynn was active on women's rights, free speech for IWW speakers and organizing textile strikes in places …