CSPAN2 Lectures July 4, 2024
The missoula free speech fight. So in the fall of, 1909, this woman pictured here, Elizabeth Gurley flynn, made her way to missoula to organize laborers. She was very young, 19 years old, as old, as some of you guys are, maybe even a little bit younger than some of you are. But she and several people were there to organize laborers, and specifically lumber workers in the missoula area. But the outcome of her visit there was not just a battle over rights and working conditions, but ultimately a b...
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