Crystal Eastman - Elmira, NY
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ripraff
N 42° 05.333 W 076° 48.512
18T E 350427 N 4661227
"Eastman has been called one of the United States' most neglected leaders, because, although she wrote pioneering legislation and created long-lasting political organizations, she disappeared from history for fifty years."
Waymark Code: WMQ02P
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member MrsMcFly
Views: 4

test: "Crystal Eastman 1881- 1928. Fought for safer conditions in American mills, for worker's compensation laws and led women's Peace Party in N.Y. George Pataki, Governor"

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"an American lawyer, antimilitarist, feminist, socialist, and journalist. She is best remembered as a leader in the fight for women's suffrage, as a co-founder and co-editor with her brother Max Eastman of the radical arts and politics magazine The Liberator, co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and co-founder in 1920 of the American Civil Liberties Union. In 2000 she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York."
Marker Name: Crystal Eastman

Marker Type: Roadside

Agency: George E. Pataki, Governor

City/Town/Village Name: Elmira

County: Chemung

Region: Finger Lakes (Region 3)

Dedication Date: Not Listed

Website: Not listed

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