Yankee Radical
Emily Pierson, Suffrage, and Socialism
$230.80
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2026
Summary
Brings Connecticut suffragist and socialist Emily Pierson out of the shadows, exploring her role in the social and political movements that shook America from the 1910s to the Cold War.
At once the story of a largely forgotten local firebrand of left politics in Connecticut, Yankee Radical chronicles the life and activism of Emily Miller Pierson. Born in Cromwell, Connecticut, Pierson was the scion of a wealthy family that owned an industrial-scale horticultu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798855806687 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Richard Lenzi |
| Publisher: | State University of New York Press |
| Imprint: | State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 490g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
“Connecticut and the Communist Party make for a fascinating microhistory. Emily Pierson is an ideal figure through whom to understand that history. I have read plenty of FBI files in my time, but Emily’s file is absolutely wild. The great strength of Yankee Radical lies in Lenzi’s nuanced local analysis of suffrage, communism, and labor organizing in Connecticut.” — Denise Lynn, author of Women March for Peace: Black Radical Women’s Anti-Korean War Activism
“An outstanding work. Yankee Radical contributes greatly to the developing scholarship on the radical left. Lenzi’s discussion of Pierson’s activities, from the early suffrage movement up until her death, covers most of the twentieth century in a way that no other book does.” — Norman Markowitz, Rutgers University
About The Author
Richard Lenzi
Richard Lenzi is an independent scholar. He is the author of Facing toward the Dawn: The Italian Anarchists of New London, also by SUNY Press.
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