Books on Topic: 'Activism'

Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) was a legendary labor organizer. She was a founding member of the International Workers of the World (the IWW, or the...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of Against Indifference by Charles Webbe. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of Jan...

Helen Hunt Jackson's "Poet's Forge" is a powerful and moving work that explores the complex relationship between the United States government and Nati...

Indian To-day is a comprehensive overview of the status and outlook of the North American Indian in the early 20th century. Based on the author's own...

This book is a collection of essays by Josephine Butler, a prominent British feminist and social reformer of the Victorian era. Butler was a passionat...

In 'My Own Story,' Emmeline Pankhurst, a leading figure in the British women's suffrage movement, recounts her experiences in the fight for women's ri...

"Word of an Engineer: A Life of James Weldon Johnson," is a comprehensive biography of James Weldon Johnson, a prominent African American figure in th...

A Voice from Harper's Ferry is a groundbreaking firsthand account of the famed 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, written by Osborne Perry Anderson, the sole...

This small volume presents a collection of powerful and moving poems by Mary Electa Adams, a pioneering Canadian women's rights activist and educator....

This book is a biography of James Weldon Johnson, an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is be...

No Surrender is a novel by Constance Elizabeth Maud that tells the story of Jenny Clegg, a Lancashire millgirl who joins the movement for women's suff...

This collection of poems by Roger Casement provides a glimpse into the mind of a man deeply moved by the injustices of British imperialism. Casement,...

Frances E. W. Harper's poems address the pressing social and political issues of her time. Her powerful words speak out against slavery, discriminatio...

Mother Earth was a groundbreaking anarchist journal founded in 1906 by Emma Goldman. This first volume, published in March 1906, features a collection...

Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906, is a landmark issue of the anarchist journal founded by Emma Goldman. This edition features a diverse range o...

This poem, "The Penitent" by Edna St. Vincent Millay, is a playful and witty exploration of a young woman's seemingly guilt-free conscience. The poem...

Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that published articles by contemporary activists and writers in Europe as well as the US, in addition...

This book explores the lives of several influential American women, focusing on their childhoods and the formative experiences that shaped their later...

Margaret Sanger's autobiography offers a deeply personal and powerful account of her relentless pursuit of birth control rights for women. It recounts...

Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that described itself as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature". Founded in earl...

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence, edited by Alice Dunbar Nelson, compiles speeches and writings from prominent African American leaders, capturing the...

Helen H. Gardener's 'Men, Women, and Gods, and Other Lectures' is a collection of speeches delivered by the prominent feminist and freethought activis...

A groundbreaking and insightful biography of John Brown, an influential abolitionist who fought against slavery in the United States. Written by renow...

Emma Goldman's autobiography, "Living My Life," is a captivating account of the life of a remarkable woman who dedicated her life to fighting for soci...