Goddess of Anarchy
The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical
Published on 5. December 2017
480 pages
978-1-5416-9726-3 (ISBN)
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From a prize-winning historian, a new portrait of an extraordinary activist and the turbulent age in which she lived
Goddess of Anarchy recounts the formidable life of the militant writer, orator, and agitator Lucy Parsons. Born to an enslaved woman in Virginia in 1851 and raised in Texas-where she met her husband, the Haymarket "martyr" Albert Parsons-Lucy was a fearless advocate of First Amendment rights, a champion of the working classes, and one of the most prominent figures of African descent of her era. And yet, her life was riddled with contradictions-she advocated violence without apology, concocted a Hispanic-Indian identity for herself, and ignored the plight of African Americans.
Drawing on a wealth of new sources, Jacqueline Jones presents not only the exceptional life of the famous American-born anarchist but also an authoritative account of her times-from slavery through the Great Depression.
Goddess of Anarchy recounts the formidable life of the militant writer, orator, and agitator Lucy Parsons. Born to an enslaved woman in Virginia in 1851 and raised in Texas-where she met her husband, the Haymarket "martyr" Albert Parsons-Lucy was a fearless advocate of First Amendment rights, a champion of the working classes, and one of the most prominent figures of African descent of her era. And yet, her life was riddled with contradictions-she advocated violence without apology, concocted a Hispanic-Indian identity for herself, and ignored the plight of African Americans.
Drawing on a wealth of new sources, Jacqueline Jones presents not only the exceptional life of the famous American-born anarchist but also an authoritative account of her times-from slavery through the Great Depression.
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Jacqueline Jones holds the Ellen C. Temple Chair in Women's History and the Mastin Gentry White Professorship in Southern History at the University of Texas at Austin. Winner of the Bancroft Prize for Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow, Jones lives in Austin, Texas.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Introduction
- PART 1: AN ENDURING CIVIL WAR
- Chapter 1 Wide-Open Waco
- Chapter 2 Republican Heyday
- PART 2: GILDED AGE DYNAMITE
- Chapter 3 A Local War
- Chapter 4 Farewell to the Ballot Box
- Chapter 5 A False Alarm?
- Chapter 6 Haymarket
- Chapter 7 Bitter Fruit of Braggadocio
- Chapter 8 "The Dusky Goddess of Anarchy Speaks Her Mind"
- Chapter 9 The Blood of My Husband
- PART 3: BLATHERKITE-GODDESS OF FREE SPEECH
- Chapter 10 The Widow Parsons Sets Her Course
- Chapter 11 Variety in Life, and Its Critics
- Chapter 12 Tending the Sacred Flame of Haymarket
- Chapter 13 Wars at Home and Abroad
- PART 4: THE FALLING CURTAIN OF MYSTERY
- Chapter 14 Facts and Fine-Spun Theories
- Epilogue
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Also by Jacqueline Jones
- More Praise for GODDESS OF ANARCHY
- Abbreviations in Notes
- Notes
- Index
