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Anna Louise Strong letter to her father, Sydney Strong, regarding political conditions in Seattle, March 10, 1935
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| Title | Anna Louise Strong letter to her father, Sydney Strong, regarding political conditions in Seattle, March 10, 1935 |
| Author | Strong, Anna Louise (1885-1970) |
| Date of Publication | 1935 |
| Notes | In this letter to her father, Anna Louise Strong tells him about a successful speech she gave in Seattle at the Eagles Hall, and the crowd's reaction to it. She emphasizes to her father that she feels his place is there in Seattle, and not in New York. She emphasizes his influence and connections in the community, and tells him that his "war-time stand has made you a hero to this town." Beyond those considerations, she shares with her father her opinion that Seattle "is an important town. Politically more awake than any place except New York -- and at that it is more awake than New York in a basic American sense." She is impressed by "the Seattle brand of technocracy", characterizing it as democratic and "pro-labor" in opposition to "the eastern brand of technocracy [which] is pure fascist". She encourages him to "stay here and grow up with the town." |
| Contextual Notes | Anna Louise Strong (1885-1970) was an American journalist and political activist throughout her life. After spending much of the 1910s working as a progressive advocate for child welfare, she became involved in the labor movement in Seattle, and through that movement increasingly identified herself with international communism. This advocacy, along with her work for the Seattle Union Record, connected her to the events surrounding the Seattle General Strike in 1919. Strong later left Seattle, and spent much of the 1920s and 1930s living in the Soviet Union, meeting with men such as Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin, and writing books about her experiences for Western audiences in an attempt to build support for the USSR. During World War II, she continued to promote the cause of communism, although her support for the Chinese communist movement ultimately alienated her from the government in Moscow, limiting her to one visit to the Soviet Union in the final two decades of her life. She spent most of those years living in the People's Republic of China, befriending Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong, and continuing to publish books and articles in support of communism until the end of her life. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Strong, Anna Louise, 1885-1970--Correspondence; Strong, Sydney, 1860-1938--Correspondence; Labor movement--Washington (State)--Seattle; Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government--20th century; |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital ID Number | PNW00799 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: photos@u.washington.edu. |
| Digital Collection | Pacific Northwest Historical Documents
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Anna Louise Strong papers, Accession No. 1309-001, Box 4/14 |
| Object Type | Letter (correspondence)
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| Physical Description | 1 leaf; 28 x 21.5 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text or image at 150 dpi saved in TIFF format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2010. |
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