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{{Infobox politician|name=Elizabeth Gurley Flynn|image_size=200|birth_date=August 7, 1890|birth_place=Concord, [[New Hampshire]], [[United States]]|death_date=September 5, 1964|death_place=[[Moscow]], [[RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|nationality=Statesian|political_orientation=[[Marxism-Leninism]]<br>[[Marxist feminism]]|political_party=[[CPUSA]]|image=Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.png}}

'''Elizabeth Gurley Flynn''' (August 7, 1890 – September 5, 1964) was a Statesian labor organizer and feminist. She was a leader of the [[Communist Party of the United States of America|CPUSA]] from 1961 to 1964 and founding member of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Aimee Rickman|newspaper=[[MR Online]]|title=Gender, labor, democracy, and Americanism: U.S. history in the (un)making|date=2023-11-29|url=https://mronline.org/2023/11/29/gender-labor-democracy-and-americanism-u-s-history-in-the-unmaking/|retrieved=2023-12-01}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Flynn's parents were [[Proletariat|working-class]] [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] immigrants. She joined the [[Industrial Workers of the World|IWW]] at the age of 15 and earned the nickname "Rebel Girl" by leading [[Strike action|strikes]].<ref name=":0" />

== Communist activism ==
In 1937, Flynn joined the Communist-led [[Anti-fascism|anti-fascist]] movement. She became an officer of the CPUSA in 1950 and published the pamphlets "The Rights of Negro People," "Women's Place in the Fight for a Better World," and "The Struggle Against the Taft-Hartley Law." In 1951, Flynn and 10 other officers were charged under the 1940 [[Smith Act]] and sentenced to two years in prison. She became the first woman to lead the CPUSA's National Committee in 1961 and served until her death in 1964 on a visit to Moscow.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
[[Category:CPUSA members]]
[[Category:Feminists]]
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn - Revision history

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