RaveThe Chicago TribuneGoddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical is an important new biography by University of Texas historian Jacqueline Jones that fact-checks Parsons’ made-up details about her own background, correcting errors existing in virtually every biographical sketch ever written about this amazing woman … Jones has given us a clear sense of who this remarkable woman was, moving well beyond the only previous biography of Parsons … Goddess of Anarchy displays the powers of a master historian, taking the reader to both post-Civil War Texas and to Gilded Age Chicago. While many readers will disagree with Parsons’ politics, they may find themselves admiring her determination and idealism, which were quintessentially American.
