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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn  

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  • Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the daughter of workingclass socialists, was born August 7, 1890, in Concord, New Hampshire. A founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a prominent Communist Party member, she was incarcerated under the McCarthy era in the federal prison for women at Alderson. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley]

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