Rebellious Daughters of History #22 by Judy Cox The most dangerous woman in America: Mary ‘Mother’ Jones (1837-1933) Mary Harris was born in 1837 in County Cork, Ireland. Her father Robert fled to Canada after taking part in a revolt against the landowners. Mary became a schoolteacher but was barred from most schools because she […]
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Mary Shelley
Rebellious Daughters of History #21 by Judy Cox Mary Shelley (1797-1851) Mary Shelley was the daughter of the radical philosopher William Godwin and the famous feminists, Mary Wollstonecraft who died days after Mary’s birth. Mary grew up with five semi-related siblings in an unconventional but intellectually electric household. At the age of 16, Mary eloped […]
Rose Pastor Stokes and Rani Lakshmibai
Rebellious Daughters of History #20 by Judy Cox From Celebrity Cinderella to Communist: Rose Pastor Stokes (1879-1933) Rose Pastor Stokes was born into poverty, ‘I slipped into the world while my mother was on her knees, scrubbing the floor’, she later recalled. Born Rose Harriet Wieslander in Poland, 1879, and moved to England with her […]
Charlotte Despard and Josephine Baker
Rebellious Daughters of History #19 by Judy Cox Suffragist, Socialist, Republican, Communist: Charlotte Despard (1844-1939) Charlotte French was born in Kent in 1844. When she was ten her father died and her mother was committed to an asylum. In 1870, Charlotte met Maximilian Carden Despard, a wealthy businessman. When he died in 1890, Charlotte dedicated […]
Lucy Parsons, Claire Lacombe and Pauline Leon
Rebellious Daughters of History #18 by Judy Cox Racism, Riot and Unceasing Revolt: Lucy Parsons (1851-1942) Lucy Parsons was born in Virginia in 1851, the daughter of a slave. In 1863, she was moved to Texas where she worked as a seamstress and a cook for white families. In 1870, Lucy was living with a […]